Mount Etna Volcano Update; 1,500 Foot High Lava Fountains, Airport Temporarily Closed

The Mount Etna volcano started a new eruption on May 21st, 2023. Over the span of several minutes, a large explosive eruption at the southeast crater occurred, creating towering lava fountains which reached more than 1000 feet into the air. This paroxysm occurred alongside heavy ash emissions, which caused more than a millimeter of ash to fall over a wide area. However, the eruptive sequence may not be over, and larger explosions and lava fountains could occur in the next several days to weeks. Note: The Catania Airport might be reopened soon, but as of May 21st, 2023 it was temporarily closed. Thumbnail Photo Credit: This work “vEtnaItalyFeb2022v16“, is a screenshot/frame grab from a video (cropped, resized, lightness increased, saturation increased, text overlay, GeologyHub made graphics overlay (GeologyHub logo and the image border)) from “Parossismo al Cratere di Sud-Est dell’Etna, 10 febbraio 2022: flussi piroclastici“, by: Boris Behncke, INGV-Osservatorio Etneo, 2022, INGVvulcani, INGVvulcani channel link: , Source video link: YouTube Creative Commons, CC BY 3.0. “vEtnaItalyFeb2022v16“ is used & licensed under CC BY 3.0 by If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: ) (YouTube membership: ) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: ) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: ) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under “fair use“. If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at tccatron@ and I will make the necessary changes. NASA EOSDIS Worldview satellite imagery Copyright © 2012-2023 United States Government as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. All Rights Reserved. Associated license for NASA EOSDIS Worldview: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). We acknowledge the use of imagery from the NASA Worldview application (), part of the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video’s thumbnail image: Public Domain: CC BY 2.0: CC BY 3.0: Sources/Citations: [1] INGV, INGVvulcani, Boris Behncke [2] NASA Worldview, EOSDIS Worldview, (Satellite imagery: Terra / MODIS), (Thermal signatures: Terra / MODIS, NOAA-20 / VIIRS, Aqua / MODIS), at [3] VEIs, dates/years, composition, tephra layer name, DRE estimates, and bulk tephra volume estimates for volcanic eruptions shown in this video which were assigned a VEI 4 or larger without an asterisk after their name are sourced from the LaMEVE database (British Geological Survey © UKRI), Used with Permission [4] Source of Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI) methodology and criteria: Newhall, C. G., and Self, S. (1982), The volcanic explosivity index (VEI) an estimate of explosive magnitude for historical volcanism, J. Geophys. Res., 87(C2), 1231–1238, doi: Accessed / Read by on Oct 5th, 2022. [5] YouTube Creative Commons, CC BY 3.0, “Parossismo al Cratere di Sud-Est dell’Etna, 10 febbraio 2022: flussi piroclastici“, 0:00 Etna Erupts 0:43 Lapilli 1:43 VEI 2 2:41 Types of Paroxysms 4:14 Conclusion