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16/12 Japanese present for Christmas
They were not sure about address but they tried everything to be sure their package could reach Nino Corsaro at “La Capannina”. They wished to thank Nino for pleasant stay they had this summer in “La Capannina”. “La Capannina” is our little bar / restaurant open one kilometer far from hotel, close to Silvestri Craters. …
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24/09 WinsterCavers.org.uk
There are two magic person who are able to reserve in hotel months before they come and get an eruption every time. They wrote me today: “Davide, hi! Hope all is well with you on Etna! Just thought you’d like to know that we have now launched our new website – http://www.winstercavers.org.uk We’re slowly but …
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28/05 Strombolian activity increasing
Krabusches reported increasing of strombolian activity of Bottoniera. They also visited top craters and they were so plenty of gases that it was impossible to take good photos. Road to reach new craters is very hard and anyway crater zone is risky. They followed guide’s suggestions about ‘safe limit distance’ and they appurated Etna guides …
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22/05 Eruption ended (by now)
Our old friend Boris says in comment to our recent new: “It seems that the eruption initiated on 13 May on the upper eastern flank of Etna has ended after little more than a week during the night of 20-21 May 2008.”. I report his comment here and add nothing else than ‘by now’. I …
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15/05 Etna eruption photo
On May, 10th I used my mobile phone to take a picture of lava in Valle del Bove. I was in Giarre on eastern side of Etna and show was impressive. Unluckly when darkness come clouds completely covered Valle del Bove as you probably have seen in past days by webcams.
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