Etna enters August with a violent paroxysmal eruptive episode
Image credit: INGV-OE
Etna entered August 2021 with continued growth at its Southeast Crater and impressive paroxysmal eruptive episode, the first since July 20.
Strombolian activity at the crater gradually intensified into lava fountaining by 21:22 UTC on July 31. The episode lasted through 23:30 UTC, with lava fountains reaching a height of about 1 km (3 300 feet) a.s.l.
A SW lava flow produced during the event reached an altitude of 2.8 km (9 200 feet) a.s.l. at 21:43 UTC.
The Aviation Color Code was raised to Red at 18:23 UTC and lowered back to Orange at 05:47 UTC on August 1.
#Etna – 31 Luglio/01 Agosto 2021 | Alcune foto dell’incredibile 52º evento parossistico al cratere di sudest con materiale incandescente che ha superato i 1000 metri d’altezza! #sicily #volcanoes #eruption #eruzione #sicilia
©️Photos Credit: Fabrizio Zuccarello pic.twitter.com/elt2e87meO
— EtNative (@EtNativo) August 1, 2021
— Simonetta Gribaldo (@SGribaldo) August 1, 2021
Here we go again! #Etna's Southeast Crater is building up for its first paroxysmal eruptive episode since 20 July. View from home in Tremestieri Etneo on the evening of 31 July 2021. pic.twitter.com/n1v0lM7qJc
— Boris Behncke (@etnaboris) July 31, 2021
#Etna greets the month of August 2021 with further growth at its Southeast Crater following the latest paroxysmal episode on the evening of 31 July 2021. Comparison views of 22 May 2020 and 1 August 2021 taken from home in Tremestieri Etneo @7_Cannon @GreenhalghSarah pic.twitter.com/GXSprsTJf5
— Boris Behncke (@etnaboris) August 1, 2021
#volcan #volcano #Etna Paroxysme impressionnant cette nuit!/Impressive paroxysm tonight! pic.twitter.com/NHrOhrslk6
— CultureVolcan (@CultureVolcan) August 1, 2021
Teo Blašković founded The Watchers in 2011 and edited it until 2026, covering seismic and volcanic activity, extreme weather, space weather and near-Earth objects. Articles on this page are his archive.
Doesn’t dome growth mean a possible or eventual mega eruption? Kinda like Mt Saint Helen’s.