Photos: Spectacular eruptions from Italy's Mount Etna light up night sky

Streams of red hot lava flow as Mount Etna leaps into action

Published: February 23, 2021 14:50 Compiled by Balaram Menon, Senior Web Editor

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Large streams of red hot lava shoot into the night sky as Mount Etna leaps into action, as seen from the village of Fornazzo, Italy, on February 23, 2021. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Mount Etna, one of the world's most active volcanoes, belched smoke and ash in a new eruption on early morning on Tuesday. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Located on the east coast of Sicily, Mount Etna is the highest and most active volcano in Europe. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Lava flowing along the sides of the southern crater of the Etna volcano as a new eruptive episode of tall lava fountains, known as paroxysm, occurred. Image Credit: AFP

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At 3,324 metres (nearly 11,000 feet), Etna is the tallest active volcano in Europe and has erupted frequently in the past 500,000 years. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Large streams of red hot lava flow as Mount Etna leaps into action. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Large streams of red hot lava shoot into the night sky as Mount Etna leaps into action. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Large streams of red hot lava shoot into the night sky as Mount Etna leaps into action. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Large streams of red hot lava flow as Mount Etna leaps into action. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Large streams of red hot lava flow as Mount Etna leaps into action. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Large streams of red hot lava shoot into the night sky as Mount Etna leaps into action. Image Credit: REUTERS

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Lava flowing along the sides of the southern crater of the Etna volcano as a new eruptive episode of tall lava fountains, known as paroxysm, occurred. Image Credit: AFP

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