Eruption of the Etna volcano in Sicily on 14 May 2015. The lava flow at that moment is about 5 km. long. The red glow can only be seen in the night and early morning.
Etna is a volcano on the east side of the Italian island of Sicily, in the province of Catania and is still formed by the collision of two plates of the earth's crust. As a result, the oceanic crust of the African Plate dives under the Eurasian Plate. The mountain is Europe's most active volcano.
The volcano is locally also called the Mongibello, after the Italian word monte and the Arabic word bells which means both 'mountain'. According to the Italian writer Leonardo Sciascia he looks like a "big cat, quietly purring and occasionally waking up".
In 2013, Etna has been placed on the World Heritage List.
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