Tag: lava cave
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Put On Your Hard Hat And Experience Etna
Our Experience Sicily clients Eileen and Tony went deep into the earth’s surface with our expert Etna guides, when they entered a pitch black lava cave (Hence, the need for the hard hats and headlights.). Lava caves, also known as lava tubes, are formed during a volcanic eruption, when the outer part of lava flow…
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Totally Tubular on Etna
This is what it looks like inside of a lava cave on Mount Etna. That is, when we are with our expert guides! Lava caves, also known as lava tubes, are formed during a volcanic eruption, simply put, when the outer part of lava flow cools faster than its center. Etna has more than 200…
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Shedding Light on Etna
Across all generations of the family we are hosting in Sicily, Etna was a hit! We spent much of today learning about the volcano which included exploration of a lava cave from the 1792 eruption, pictured here. (We learned, among other things, that there are 197 known lava caves in the Etna territory.) Our always…