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Stromboli to Etna Oct 08 (part 5): Excursion to Grotta del Gelo
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It's just before sunrise and we're at 3000 m a.s.l. Night frost has covered the summit area. We are ... [
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By the time we have arrived on the NW side of the summit craters, the sun has risen and Etna drops h... [
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Sunlight and shadow play over the surfaces of barren lava fields, still covered by thick frost. (Ph... [
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As we descend on the north side along rugged aa lava flows from NE crater during the 1970-80's, we c... [
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We're on the NE rift zone; to our left, a pit crater, a few hundred meters upslope the still smoking... [
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Frost between bundles of grass (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [
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After about 30 minutes, we reach the spatter cones on the eruptive fissure from a spectacular fissur... [
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This funny-looking spatter cone needed an extra lateral pressure valve when it was active... (Photo:... [
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Small and large hornitos / spatter cones nicely arranged along the "bottoniera"-type fissure from 19... [
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Most hornitos are hollow inside. This one has a narrow entry... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [
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A large lava channel near the eruptive fissure looks almost as if from last week. (Photo: Tom Pfeiff... [
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After about 1 hr, we have reached the large lava field of the huge effusive eruption from 1614-1624,... [
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After about 1,5 hrs into the hike, we are approaching a new, more recent, fissure system: black lapi... [
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The first tree we encounter, a single birtch growing from the lapilli-covered ground. (Photo: Tom Pf... [
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View towards forested Monte Spagnolo. In the right of the frame, Randazzo town is visible. In the ba... [
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A deep pit crater above the 1981 eruptive fissure. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [
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