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Mt Etna (all images)

Mt Etna is a large and active stratovolcano lying in the east of Sicily, north of Catania. With an altitude of 3329m it is Europe's tallest volcano. Mt Etna is accessible by a road with ends at the Rifugio Sapienza hotel at 1900m altitude. With a cablecar visitors can reach an altitude of 2500m. To proceed further from there a guide is necessary. In winter Mt Etna is covered with snow and is a skiing area. Eruptions of different types have been occuring relatively frequently. The most destructive eruption in historic times took place in 1669 and destroyed 10 villages before stopping in front of Catania.


01 Rifugio Sapienza	02 Etna cablecar base station	03 Snow covered slopes	04 Snow covered slopes	05 Snow covered Mt Etna


06 Snow covered slopes	07 Snow covered lava rock	08 Snow covered Mt Etna	09 Snow covered Mt Etna


10 Slopes at 2600m altitude	11 Slopes at 2600m altitude	12 Snow fields on Mt Etna


13 Snow covered slope	14 Lava stone	15 Snow covered slopes


16 Slopes at 2600m altitude	17 Slopes at 2600m altitude


18 Mt Etna summit	19 Snow covered Mt Etna	20 Snow covered Mt Etna


21 Panoramic view of Mt Etna and Mediterranean sea	22 Snow and sun	23 Volcanic rock


24 Smoking rock	25 Small crater	26 Volcanic rock landscape	27 Mt Etna slope


28 Craters	29 Crater	01 View of snow covered Mt Etna


02 View of Mt Etna from Taormina	03 Sicilian plains and Mt Etna


04 Snow covered summit of Mt Etna	05 Reed bush	06 Reed bush and Mt Etna


07 Reed bush and Mt Etna	08 Northwest view of Mt Etna	09 Sunset view of Mt Etna from Taormina


10 Sunset view of Mt Etna from Taormina	01 St Mary church in Zafferana	02 Townhall in Zafferana	03 St Mary church interior


04 St Mary church interior	05 Roma street, Zafferana Etnea	06 Tree	07 Volcanic rock slope	08 SP 92 road to Mt Etna


09 SP 92 road to Mt Etna	10 Trees on Mt Etna in winter

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