Italy's Mount Etna erupts in spectacular fashion

Lava and ash spewed from Italy's Mount Etna - one of the world's most active volcanoes - in spectacular fashion this week.
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[@NotTheFlag1]

As a Fiorentino from Italy I can say that no homes are near by and it’s not a rare occurrence in Etna to see beautiful 🌋

[@carolynsmith8817]

Thank goodness ❤️❤️❤️

[@debraonger2379]

Praying for Italy. Might be beautiful site to see but also can be deadly and harmful.😮😢

[@paradoxstudios6639]

Especially if you breath in the vapors.

[@janetlyn523]

It’ll make the summer cooler if it blows enough smoke 😢

[@ivorblaas]

I just left 5 days ago😢😢😢

[@debraonger2379]

@@ivorblaas I am very glad you are okay 👍🙏

[@janicejackson2016]

Yep and also add to global warming just like a forest fire ​@@janetlyn523

[@marlenaforbes-reidy9876]

What a sight, sending love and prayers to our Italian brothers and sisters. Stay safe. NZ ♥️

[@dragonlea13979]

Nature’s fireworks. Praying for everyone affected

[@CammanAwesome-cl2qs]

No one lives for miles and miles. The only thing that it would affect is vapors, and planes, but planes haven't flown over there in weeks.

[@shirleyperry3170]

Prayers for all to be safe. We ❤ Italy. 🇺🇸 🇮🇹

[@jodydeats1195]

Mother nature rules. I hope everyone is safe.

[@JJ-yd1wd]

Mt. Etna lived on the island such a beautiful place. Camporotondo the town I lived in seems like Yesterday

[@bellagrace947]

Wow!!!! Truly spectacular! After living on the Big Island of Hawaii on the side of a live volcano, Mauna Kea, I have incredible respect for this phenomenon! Wonderful footage! Thank you!🙏 😮💥

[@irenecastillo6958]

Sending prayers for everybody around that volcano sounds angry!!

[@microvan1234]

Brings back memories! While my husband was stationed at NAS Sig we saw Etna erupt many times. Was always really cool

[@MsVictorie]

@@microvan1234 Ooo Thx Fa U && Your Family Svc🇺🇸

[@stehenbranton5447]

'And when Etna weeps the whole world shall weep'....

[@wonseo2800]

Where is that from

[@DariusMauricei]

Judgement

[@user-ho9mn5zg1k]

I say Wow Wow 😂

[@johndurham6172]

End times.

[@MeanGreene87]

This is Sicily not Italy

[@bettyhoward3866]

Praying that all are safe and surrounded by GOD'S protection!

[@Meant2BVegans]

Like a Beautiful Firework .. Not too big to scare everybody. Hope it stays that way. Seems it wanted to celebrate the 4th Of July too🤩

[@sharrielee911]

Oh wow that's truly a sight to see right there people😮 mesmerizing indeed😮

[@carolinag211]

Prayers to the families in Italia..hoping all should relocate, it looks like it's not stopping 🙏 🕊😇

[@loisparris4278]

Praying for all life❤

[@emilyshaffer2299]

Another spectacular display of Mother Nature from Etna!!

[@pushpamalarsadayar7377]

Pray for them

[@janetmowrey1256]

I very well could be wrong. However, I don't think they are as close as it appears. Watching the video, especially when they are shooting from above, there doesn't appear to be anywhere on the volcano for that many people to get close too to the eruption 🤷🏻‍♀️ Regardless it's a great capture of how mighty nature is 🌋😯

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

They are standing very far away, most likely on a high plateau. Without the eruption, there are tour going close to the rim

[@thenotoriousgryyn342]

Cool

[@katiedid1851]

Woah That is awesome How complex this world is.

[@user-ql4hu3ts9q]

I was in Sicily on August 14th 1979. I still remember that day , amazing , memories ! Kenny. G

[@mesmerizingmusicalart9034]

Kenny.G? Oh, we should talk!

[@KTurner-ny3or]

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[@sandradalessandro2935]

Sending. Prayers. For. Safety !! ♥️♥️♥️🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻✝️✝️✝️✝️

[@aishashrif185]

Beautiful ❤

[@user-zk7ef6eg8x]

Be safe!❤❤❤

[@MariaGonzales-oj9lv]

BUETIFUL to see..😮

[@Lyrielonwind]

Stromboli is getting active too.

[@user-el4mn4dm2d]

Thing of you all in Italy New Zealand 🇳🇿 stay safe

[@billyrodriguez1878]

People just standing there. I guess they don’t know how Pompeii got buried by mount Vesuvius.

[@Riclmnopp]

Because this volcano goes off a lot. They are used to it.

[@billyrodriguez1878]

@@Riclmnopp didn’t know that! Thanks for the clarification!

[@billyrodriguez1878]

@@Riclmnopp didn’t know that! Thanks for the clarification!

[@autumnicleaf]

@@billyrodriguez1878 Don't just stand there. Take your umbrella with you and kneehigh boots.

[@Sharyk808]

Authorities are there to keep people from getting close. But there’s always some idiot 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@sorrowfulsatchel679]

Just in time for Fourth of July! 😊

[@tinaf8997]

How stunning and beautiful! But so scarey and dangerous at the same time.🙏🏻♥️ for those people being affected!

[@TygerBleuToo]

Our Earth is always growing. How beautiful!

[@MLove-777]

Amazing...🔥🔥🔥

[@oscarquita-nilla9009]

Mother nature, breath taking!!😮

[@maktapond4702]

Awesome!

[@marionmarcetic7287]

Mount Aetna Certainly Sounds Wrathful Doesn't It? Sending Prayers To Our Italian Brother's And Sister's! Shalom And Amen!✝️✝️🛐🛐😇🌟🤗🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🗽🦅❤❤❤‼️

[@estherthorp1608]

Wow 😮

[@lovewoman781]

Omg sending prayers and hugs

[@kathurst7159]

Everyone good

[@maryanneharris1493]

Just spectacular!!!

[@doiranimarkou4004]

Oh! The sound it makes! Like a wounded beast! I am in awe!!

[@cookingwithkimbap4432]

Quick! Arrest the volcano for the unpermitted fireworks show!

[@helenfowler4818]

Praying for you guys right now. Amazing to see but terrible after effects. God bless you all.

[@josephsonnier3594]

The ash is toxic people " don't inhale "

[@holyfire11]

If your caught in the smoke wet a cloth and wrap it around your mouth. Itll act as a filter :)

[@JaniceCarter-ws7lu]

Deadly and destructive but a site to see just like a mountain covered with snow.. Thank God for all good folks in high places who will destroy those who refuse to turn from their wicked ways and do right in Jesus mighty name 💙💚

[@edsonroadmoto]

In the aviation industry, this will have an impact on flights 🛫

[@monicaabreu8854]

WOW WOW WOW Beautiful

[@ManuelaSilvas]

Praying for Italy 😢🙏

[@brendenstahl7007]

Wow

[@MsVictorie]

Oooommmmggg 🙏🏾fa 🇮🇹,, Lord I Could hear it like Growling almost tryna tell us something,, Alright 🇺🇸we Betta listen

[@lydiavassallo1386]

Prayers 🙏 🙏 🙏

[@holyfire11]

If your caught in the smoke wet a cloth and wrap it around your mouth. Itll act as a filter :)

[@user-rm2oy7zs9r]

Scary, beautiful

[@carol-4401]

Wow. I would not stand so close!😮

[@TravisWilton-pp3rp]

Wow.

[@samuelpancake4084]

People will never learn by still standing there watching

[@cruztoledo9353]

Wow beautiful and scary💖✨

[@Somethinglikethat2023]

Oh my! The powerful earth spouting out and man remembers we are part of the cycle of life. Rich soil coming…

[@GoldieGal1984]

Oh I hope the children and wildlife are safe or escaped at least omg 😮❤

[@ewuramalyle6551]

If this does not make run to God, nothing will. I see why Italians are so CLOSE to God in piety. May God continue to bless and help them. Amen.

[@KiwiGirl1]

Holy moley 😮

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

Atna waking up once in a while

[@janicejackson2016]

Some really hot stuff

[@MariaFletcher-bf5pk]

I hope and prey this won't be like mount Vesuvius which Erupted in 79 AD

[@autumnicleaf]

Do you have Aetna Insurance on Etna?

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Aetna insurance on Etna , capisce?

[@Sharyk808]

😂😂

[@mercedesbenzodiazapine]

😳 Someone check on the white Lotus

[@jasonprzybylski2411]

Imagine falling in that! ☠️

[@earlclep1]

You would actually fall on that, as the lava is so dense. It is really rock but it looks like a watery liquid. You can walk on red hot lava if your footwear holds up.

[@lindatimmons3675]

Not sure I'd be right there while GOD warns the world that he's upset with us .

[@absolut-foodie1408]

Nature's fireworks

[@danielmccoy423]

It’s crazy that this is one of the Earth’s pimples.

[@franktarantino3857]

This is actually in Sicily and we are Sicilians, not Italians.

[@landinmoosman2444]

When?

[@william_at]

Bellezza!

[@jimmydcricket5893]

How dare you....

[@H4me7215]

Prepare to move away, before it just goes bonkers!

[@mobilehutch]

This volcano has been actively erupting for the entirety of recorded human history

[@annabellavillamor747]

GOD you stop this Volcano 🌋 in 🇮🇹 Italy you did it a 200 years ago, you can do it again Lord Jesus Christ Name I pray 🙏

[@jeanmerrill2736]

Sign of the end times!

[@user-qy2de6zz8d]

Groping In Darkness. My poem. The smoke of hell forever flows. Burning, screaming wishing soar, if you had only thought some more. The grossness of the thick black smoke, it fills your lungs and then you choke. ...... Falling, falling ever More.

[@marileedewitt2713]

Nature is beautiful ~ and terrifying.

[@charleslanphier8094]

Geology wins in the end. The earth is literally moving beneath our feet and there's not a thing we can do about it

[@KTurner-ny3or]

Earth in labor pains several weather ways changes

[@dollyschwall8537]

it can be deadly 😢 not beautiful

[@user-qy2de6zz8d]

99. It was told years ago that Lowell Faye, Frederica, M had 99 moles on him. Vet hospital. And I'll be dang, still alive Kimb---? Who is a carrier, water or pigeon. Forge?

[@polixeniargiropulu6031]

Και οι ανθρωποι χτιζουν κοντα στο ιυριο χωρις σεβαδμο τα σπιτια τους😢😢

[@user-qp4nm8hh2t]

🙏

[@jillhorvat1730]

😮😮

[@SHUT-UP_MEG]

Thats what it looks like after taco night Just inverted

[@KTurner-ny3or]

The mountain gets photo breath in uk voice im dangerous how Italian spirit history the risk of any edicational to all this

[@heatherelliott8246]

Same ish different 🌋 …..⏰ 10/31/2023 WELLINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The management company of White Island, where a volcano eruption killed 22 people, mostly tourists, in 2019, was found guilty of one charge of breaching health and safety law in a New Zealand court on Tuesday. Following the explosion on White Island, also known as Whakaari, the workplace regulator charged 13 parties in November 2020. Six of them, including the helicopter and boat tour operators, pleaded guilty. Charges against the other parties, except the management company, were dismissed.

[@nomadmarauder-dw9re]

Wonder who they're goona try and blame this on?

[@pathoover2786]

Yellowstone is next.

[@sheilatruax6172]

I've been watching Eatna take off since I was very small. It's still fascinating as heck!

[@starwarswannabes285]

Is it a bible verse? I can’t find anything on it. What verse if it is?

[@portcity1964]

Help me understand why those people are standing so close. Stupidity

[@gregnichols6355]

I think were going to need a bigger Boat 🚢🚢⛵⛵😂😂😂

[@cthulholmhastur5317]

That is the one true power in our reality. Nature laughs at our attempts to civilize it. If the Yellowstone caldera goes, that's game over. Lots of seismic activity there l8ly...

[@szilviaszilvia6742]

😮😮😢😢

[@maxinemcelroy8902]

Wow 😮 that has to be hot even from a distance 👑🙏💞✝️🐾🇺🇲🇮🇱🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯🕯

[@user-br9dk7gp3n]

Praying for everyone ☄️🕊️🌹 Jesus Christ superior father superior mother superior brother the invisible father IAM son holy spirit governing authority light peace ☄️💦🕊️❤️‍🔥🩸💦🌹🌎☁️🌌🇺🇲 over us All ☄️🕊️