15 Jan
15/03 Thomas is still with us
Thomas Reichart’s photo album on Flickr is going to be updated since February. We read a note: “The pictures in this set were taken by Thomas on his last journey to mount Etna. We – his parents and his brother Markus – will take care of his flickr homepage and add his last photos here. …
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14/03 Red Cross and Traffic Police exercise on Etna
Yesterday we offered hotel’s parking to an exercise of Red Cross and Traffic Police. They simulated an accident scene with destroyed vehicles and wounded people (with realistic injuries and false blood). Some photos are too impressive to be shown here so I just publish a panoramic. UPDATE: watch video at YouTube
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14/10 Christmas and New Year’s day on Etna
Due to many requests in past years this year we will anticipate winter’s hotel opening to December, 24th evening (hotel will not close in November and December but restaurant will not work in these two months). It will be possible to sleep on Etna on Christmas at normal hotel rate. About New Year’s day we …
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13/01 Etna?! Hotel on Mars
Talking about Etna volcano you will ofter hear “lunar landscape”. Well, today we had “martian landscape”. Thanks to clouds, charged of desert sand from saharian zone, we had one of most ‘red’ days I remember. I took several shoots with my mobile. Some of these photos, thanks to poor definition and some focus problems, seem …
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13/05 Eruption birthday
Mr. Banfield wrote today his personal ‘brithday e-mail’ for… Etna eruption! Effectively eruption is flowing down in Valle del Bove since one year. Happy birthday eruption!
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12/03 A long eruption
.!. It started in May 2008. It is yet active after more than ten months. Will it be Etna attraction for 2009, too? Mr. Raimon Schulz just sent us some webcam images. I publish one which demonstrates activity is increasing. After many months of quiet effusive activity Etna presents a new strombolian activity. UPDATE: Webcam …
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