A sighting of Etna!

Picture from INGV

My first view of sorts of an erupting Volcano!


I was hanging out happily in Rome for the most of this weekend (more on this to come), and learned once I got into Volcanology class this Wednesday that I missed most of Etna's latest eruptions Saturday and early Sunday!



However, on the plane back to Catania I had an awesome window seat and got an almost 360 view of Etna as we circled to land. I saw some pretty awesome clouds built up over the volcano, and later realized that I had been flying over it right at the end of the excitement! How cool!

For a short report on the activity:
http://www.ct.ingv.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=348