Tag: crateri silvestri
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Happy New Year from Experience Sicily
Happy New Year! Buon anno! I wish you and your loved ones peace, joy, and good health for 2018! Just as our lives are ever evolving from year to year, so with each eruption, changes Etna’s landscape. There is much to learn from observing this volcano in Sicily–she teaches us that nothing is permanent, and…
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The Silvestri Craters
The Sivestri Craters, a series of volcanic craters that exist on Etna’s south side, were formed during an 1892 eruption. 1900 meters above sea level, they are accessable by car when you navigate to Rifugio Sapienza in Nicolosi. The craters are named for Professor Orazio Silvestri, a geologist and volcanologist who dedicated much of his…
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Etna-scape
The landscape of the volcano Etna at the Silvestri Craters.