The long wait for Etnas 12 April 2013 paroxysm

This video shows a sequence of scenes leading up to the 10th eruptive episode at Etna's New Southeast Crater of the year 2013, from the initial ash emissions over the more and more violent Strombolian activity to the culminating phase of lava fountaining and formation of a large plume containing abundant ash and scoriaceous lapilli. The initial scenes - with the ash emissions - were shot on the evening of 9 April 2013 from my home, in Tremestieri Etneo on the south flank of Etna, followed at 00:20 by more ash emissions that I recorded from the Valle del Bove, on the east flank of the volcano the next day (10 April). Minor Strombolian explosions and ash emissions recorded from my home on the evening of 10 April follow at 00:28, where you can also hear the birds chirping. On the early morning of 11 April I drove to Monte Fontane, at the lower end of the Valle del Bove on Etna's east flank - the crater itself was hidden by a dense gas plume but you can hear its frequent bangs starting at 00:52. At 01:04 you can see a beautiful gas ring drifting over the southeast flank of Etna on the late afternoon of 11 April, recorded from the Piano del Vescovo, where I also recorded the following scenes of the increasingly frequent, powerful and loud Strombolian explosions (starting at 01:16); one scene, however, starting at 02:05, was recorded on the very early morning of 12 April from my home in Tremestieri Etneo. The true paroxysm, which occurred shortly before noon (GMT =local time -2) on 12 April, was filmed from the Bellini public garden in the center of Catania (30 km south of Etna's summit) starting at 02:52. I substituted the original sound of these scenes - the noise of the city and tourists discussing whether they should take photos or record video - less interesting and thus substituted it with audio from my recordings of the 8 September 2011 paroxysm at the same New Southeast Crater, where you can also hear my daughter sing and chat.