View of Stromboli from the arrival point on the island.
Stromboli rock formations.
Strombolicchio the volcanic plug offshore.
Looking down from the slopes of Stromboli.
Pause for a break before the final part of the ascent of Stromboli.
Clouded over just as I reached the summit, couldn’t see anything.
HD video still of an eruption on Stromboli caught on camcorder.
Pyroclastic deposits on Lipari.
Vulcano island as seen from the south of Lipari.
Close up of Vulcano.
Close up of the cone of Vulcanello on the northern tip of Vulcano Island.
Close up of Gran Cratere on Vulcano.
The cone of Monte Pilato on the northeast tip of Lipari.
Stromboli in the background as seen from Lipari with the smaller island of Basiluzzo in the foreground, next to it on the left of the pic is a portion of Panarea Island.
Snow and Etna’s tephra deposits.
Etna lava formations.
The south crater of the Monte Barbagallo cone, formed during the 2002-2003 eruption of Etna.
The north crater of the Monte Barbagallo cone, formed during the 2002-2003 eruption of Etna.
Gas emissions from the Etna summit craters.
Close up of the New Southeast Crater on Etna. On the left is the tip of the “old” Southeast Crater.
Close up of A’a lava on Etna.
Warning sign, lava fields, Etna summit craters.
That day this was the furthest I could go on Etna so my planned crater ascent was dropped due to too many tourists about.
Looking back down on Etna, the Laghetto cone is in the background and the east coast of Sicily is in the distance.
Etna summit craters emitting gas plumes.
A monitoring instrument of Etna.
The Valle Del Bove, on the east flank of Etna.
The south Silvestri crater and Etna’s lower flanks in the background.
Lava flow and cone from the 2001 flank eruption of Etna.
