July 2008

La Montagnola view.

Silvestri craters view.

The Laghetto cone ahead.

Crater interior of the Laghetto cone.

The Monte Barbagallo vents with the Southeast Crater in the background.

Cisternazza pit crater.

Bocca Nuova (left) and Southeast Crater (right), 2 of the 4 summit craters on Etna.

View of the Bocca Nuova flanks with the A’a lava field in the foreground.

The warning sign.

Bocca Nuova bound, going up.

View towards the Barbagallo craters in the background.

View of the Southeast Crater flanks while ascending to the Bocca Nuova crater.

Crater rim of Bocca Nuova.

Toxic steam emissions in the Bocca Nuova crater.

Hornito on the east flanks and lava fields.

The 2008 vent steaming away.