1.11.1999 Video pageAll movies were taken on 1. November 1999 (unless otherwise noted) during a quick visit to Etna. Times are plus/minus 30mins and are local. Recordings were made with a digital video camera. All video clips are presented in QuickTime format. To keep filesizes reasonable, only 12 frames per second are shown. Sound is included only in some of the movies. As always: Clicking the image will bring up the movie. | |||
 16h00: Bocca Nuova (BN) from SW; detonations are followed by massive ash emission. White smoke in the lower left corner marks the exit of the BN lava flow. |  17h10: BN lava flow shortly after sunset. Note the spattering where the flow starts. On the following day all flow activity stopped. |  19h00: BN lava flow and intensive strombolian activity from BN's western vent. |  14h00: Spattering of a hornito below South East Crater (SEC). Vigorous effusive activity had re-started here just one day before. |
 3.11.99: Fabrication of «Etna ash trays» from the very fluid lava which exits the SEC hornito. Notice typically Sicilian background music ;-) |  1.11.99, 22h00: All afternoon and until now the SEC hornito drains towards the East. Pulsed degassing causes remarkable waves on the flow's surface. Also note «cool» (black) piece of lava riding the flow. |  22h30: Suddenly the hornito breaks open on its western side, and from now on all lava drains this way. Spattering is moderate at first, but becomes stronger and stronger as time goes by. |  22h40: Spectacular spattering from the SEC hornito. Despite the new opening, a roof-like structure remains intact and creates the illusion of a «grotta» from which the lava exits. |
| Pastoral surprise (0.5 MB) 3. November 1999; note Etna smoking
in the background. Video: J. Alean | |||