Spewing fire: The volcanic paroxysms of Mount Etna

Mount Etna has stirred from its sleep and the fire gushing from its belly is a fiery libretto written in the ashen air. Here's the story of a seething volcano in its awesome, deadly form
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
Published: Mar 20, 2021
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A view of a volcanic eruption at Mount Etna's Vorgaine crater on Dec 03, 2015, in Sicily, Italy. In the ancient Greek religion, the god of fire Hephaestus was a heavenly metallurgist and patron of metal workers. It was believed that fires emitted from volcanoes marked the position of his several forges underneath the earth.