Vacation to Catania, Sicily
Pics from Mount Etna
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In the very spot we are standing, lava used to shoot out of the crater! You can tell it has been dormant for awhile because of the plants growing on the sides. There was also a family of ladybugs on the rocks near where we are standing.
This is where I almost died! Notice how the clouds had completely covered the view behind me.
This is our friend Stefano. He is from Catania. You can see the different deposits from different eruptions because of their varying colors based on mineral amounts. I later hiked to that second crater you see in the background besdie Stefano's head.
Here I am hunting chestnuts on the way down the mount. Notice the black ground? The leaves on the ground, the trees and the black soil made for a breath taking scene.