The Etna eruption at 6th of august 2011 (The midnight paroxysm)

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Uploaded by on Aug 7, 2011

In the night of 5th to 6th August another paroxysm occured at the southeast crater of mount Etna. The video shows the built up of the activity and its culmination into a huge, jetting fountain.
First impressions where taken at about 1700, when already short series of small explosions occured within the crater.
At 2200 a lava flow appeared, pouring out of the scar at the base of the crater. Rapidly increasing strombolian activity turned into a constant lavafountain at about 2330.
Shortly before midnight, an impressive fountain rose several hundrets of meters and was accompanied by tremendous thundering.
At 0030 activity ceased and ended about an hour later.

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  • what an eruption mingia...

  • forza etna...

  • It's great to see the volcano but I prefer the bus :-)

  • i used to swim there with my friends

  • Absolutely stunning footage, thanks!

  • Mother earth is farting, rather! She's so constipated with us stuped up humanity, she needs to take a dump, and it won't be much long before she'll do so...About SHTF-time! Have fun!

  • Etna erupts way too much

  • Wow que tremendo

  • nice

    

  • We were there - on the observatory at 2,900 feet watching the sunset - dinner in the forest on the mountainside and then ... the most amazing firework spectacular right in front of us. Awesome.

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