Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-00077

Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-00077

Three large craters cap the summit of Mount Etna, the NE Crater, the Central Crater, and the SE Crater. Long-term minor eruptions occur from the NE and Central craters, and to a lesser extent from the SE Crater, which formed in 1978. Pyroclastic ejecta mantles the upper flanks of the summit cones, and lava flows furrow the lower flanks. Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft.

Three large craters cap the summit of Mount Etna, the NE Crater, the Central Crater, and the SE Crater. Long-term minor eruptions occur from the NE and Central craters, and to a lesser extent from the SE Crater, which formed in 1978. Pyroclastic ejecta mantles the upper flanks of the summit cones, and lava flows furrow the lower flanks.

Copyrighted photo by Katia and Maurice Krafft.

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