May 2006: Strong Activity Continues
In late May 2006, Marco Fulle led a VolcanoDiscovery group to Stromboli and visited Pizzo with local guides on two evenings. Mild Scirocco caused excellent visibility of the craters, which were erupting every two to five minutes. All photos were taken between 8pm and 9pm from Pizzo (GMT + 2hr) with a 50mm lens and a digicam (equivalent focal length of 75mm on 24x36 film).
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![May 2006: Strong Activity Continues
May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/pano.jpg) 24 May. Panorama of all the crater terrace (scroll to right! 4 picture composite).
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May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m046.jpg) 22 May. Ash eruption from a cinder cone on the Sciara rim of NE crater.
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May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m048.jpg) 22 May. The small glowing vent below the cinder cone at left strongly erupts.
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May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m053.jpg) 22 May. The cinder cone in NE crater erupts both ash and incandescent bombs.
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![May 2006: Strong Activity Continues
May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m112.jpg) 24 May. In the SW crater, a small cinder cone erupts for a whole a minute.
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May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m113.jpg) 24 May. Lapilli and ash from the same fountain even falls on Pizzo.
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May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m114.jpg) 24 May. The easternmost vent in NE crater erupts incandescent bombs and ash.
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May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m122.jpg) 24 May. This vent erupts again; a longer exposure blurrs the ash cloud.
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![May 2006: Strong Activity Continues
May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m055.jpg) On 22 May, the two easternmost vents of NE crater always erupted simultaneously.
| ![May 2006: Strong Activity Continues
May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m056.jpg) 22 May. The eruption from the small left vent lasts a whole minute, while the right one's is much shorter.
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May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m059.jpg) On 22 May. The big cinder cone on the NE crater's Sciara rim also erupted ash and bombs.
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May 2006: Strong Activity Continues](photo0506/icons/m060.jpg) 22 May. The same eruption continues throwing ash skywards and bombs on the cone's flanks.
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Copyright: M. Fulle.
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