New eruption started at Etna in Italy (May 11, 2011)

[Emily]

http://bigthink.com/ideas/38378

Erik Klemetti on May 11, 2011, 3:00 PM
Eruptions blog

This just came in via Dr. Boris Behncke (on Twitter) - after some signs such as increasing seismicity that activity was about to start on Etna, sure enough, the volcano has begun to erupt again (see below).....

 

[LaMenchos]

Re: New eruption started at Etna in Italy (May 11, 2011)

4 May-10 May 2011
Sezione di Catania - Osservatorio Etneo reported that on 8 May mild and discontinuous Strombolian activity resumed at the pit crater located on the E flank of Etna's SE Crater cone. Loud detonations were audible many kilometers away including in Monti Sartorius (NE flank) and in Zafferana Etnea (SW flank). After sunset, Strombolian explosions observed at intervals of 3-10 minutes ejected incandescent bombs up to a few tens of meters above the crater rim. During the night, some explosions ejected bombs well beyond the crater rim, down to the base of the cone that has grown around the crater during the recent events. Strombolian explosions continued without significant variations the next day.
Source: Sezione di Catania - Osservatorio Etneo

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0101-06=&volpage=weekly#May2011

ETNA'S WEBCAM http://www.guide-etna.com/webcam/

 

[mixin]

Re: New eruption started at Etna in Italy (May 11, 2011)

She's been spitting out lava blobs; some at Big Think blog think she will be putting on a show in the near future.

Here's the link to the tremor graphs, currently going steeply up

http://www.ct.ingv.it/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=201



And links to web cams, which might also be included in LaMenchos' post.

http://www.radiostudio7.it/webcam.asp

http://www.ct.ingv.it/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=202