Mount Etna eruption LIVE stream: Watch the Sicily volcano erupt for the 16th time 5 weeks

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Fountains of lava and pyroclastic flow oozed from the volcano’s crater on Tuesday night when the volcano reared its ugly head once again. Etna’s ongoing period of volcanic activity began on February 16 this year, with intermittent eruptions that have kept Sicily’s east coast on its toes. The latest episode began on Tuesday evening after a four-and-a-half day interval, spewing impressive jets of lava into the night sky.

Volcanologists at Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) confirmed the lava fountaining ceased on Wednesday morning.

Chances are, however, Etna could still erupt after another lull in activity.

Boris Behncke, an INGV volcanologist who lives a short distance from the volcano, shared a mesmerising video clip of last night’s eruption.

The short clip shows streams of lava belching from Etna’s southeast crater.

Mount Etna pours lava and smoke out of volcano as it erupts

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According to the volcano expert, Etna released a pyroclastic flow of material down its flanks that extended about one kilometre in length.

In a follow-up tweet, he said: “#Etna, March 24, 2021. During the following two or three minutes, a huge black cloud rises from the pyroclastic flow, backlit by the lava fountains from the Southeast Crater.

“A hauntingly beautiful, and luckily totally harmless display. Views from home in Tremestieri Etneo.”

Earlier on Tuesday night, the volcanologist said Etna’s four-and-a-half days of peace and quiet were the longest to date.

Since February 16, the volcano has been erupting almost like clockwork, with episodes of lava fountaining every two or three days.

According to the team behind Volcano Discovery, last night’s eruption also happened to be longer than past episodes.

The peak phase lasted about five hours, as opposed to the usual one to two hours.

The volcanologists wrote on Wednesday morning: “Only after 3:30 am, the intensity of the eruption dropped a bit.

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“However, again different from most previous episodes, the intensity of activity did not drop quickly to low levels, but has since remained at still high levels.”

The eruption was still going strong by 7am, with “vigorous strombolian explosions” at the crater.

Etna has settled down since but you can still watch the volcano live online in the embedded video player above.

The stream is being broadcast live from Sicily with a direct view of the volcano’s crater.

If you scroll the video back to Tuesday night, you can see lava fountains shooting up to 500m high.

At 10,900ft (3,330m), Mount Etna is the tallest and most active volcano in Europe.

Records of Etna erupting date all the way back to ancient times and have been recorded by Greek and Roman historians.

Etna is believed to have begun life in the sea but rose above the water in time.

Scientists, however, speculate Etna might one day slide back into the Mediterranean Sea and trigger a devastating tsunami.

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