Summit craters 1996

Bocca Nuova 26 July 1997 20:00 (all times are local) from N rim. Note three active vents inside the NW cone.

Voragine (VOR) 26 July 1997 19:00 from the W rim. Panoramic view of the spattering vent and the 1997 cone.

30 May 1996 16:00: N flank of summit: Bombs in the foreground shade the snow causing mushroom shapes.

North East Crater (NEC) 26 May 1996 21:00 from BN NW rim. Lyra is in the moonlit sky. Bocca Nuova on the right.

NEC 31 May 1996 9:00 from NEC NW rim. Ash eruptions from the active NE vent. Background: Bocca Nuova and Voragine steam.

NEC 3 June 1996 21:00 from NEC NW rim. During the 20 sec exposure, about 5 strombolian explosions occurred. Strong wind drags bombs out of their parabolic path.

NEC 30 May 1996 22:00 from Pizzi Deneri. Foreground: terrace of the Volcanological Observatory. Regulus, Hydra and Corvus are in the sky.

NEC 20 Sept. 1996 21:00 from Monte Agata. Gas jets from the active vent of the 1996 cone on the W rim of the NE Crater. In the sky: the Moon and Jupiter in Sagittarius.

NEC 30 May 1996 23:00 from Pizzi Deneri. Strombolian explosions in moonlight. Left: steam from Voragine and Bocca Nuova.

NEC 20 Sept. 1996 20:00 from NEC NW rim. In the foreground the first summer snow under the sunset twilight.

Bocca Nuova (BN) 1 June 1996 20:00 from W rim. Panoramic view of the active vents on the crater bottom.

NEC 3 June 1996 22:00. Right: steam of Bocca Nuova masks the moonrise. In the sky: Cygnus (left), Lyra (top).