Photos of Mount Etna

These photos were taken on the morning of Saturday 20th September 1997, during a tour of the volcano with scientists from the MAD-VIEWS (Monitoring Active Deformation of Volcanoes by Interferometry as an Early Warning System) consortium. This EU-funded project is designed to link satellite earth observation by radar, GPS satellite positioning ground measurements and traditional surveying to look at deformations of volcanoes such as Etna. The aim is to suggest a pre-operational system for volcano monitoring.

You can get live updated picture of the state of various Sicilian volcanoes including Etna here. (The owners of the site, IIV in Sicily, are members of our consortium).

Click on any image to see a magnified version.

The peak from afar, with plume

The Valle del Bove - south and north sides

Approach to the crater - the plume, steaming ground, the edge

The first crater - active vent, crater walls, John Murray, crater edge

The second crater - central cone, crater walls

Back to the vehicles

The Geophysical Observatory

The photos were taken using a standard 35mm camera, then transferred to PhotoCD (tm Kodak). They are stored in JPEG 6 format.
All photos taken by Jeremy Morley - all rights reserved.