Etna's lava lights the summer sky as Europe's giant stirs

Mount Etna, Europe's largest active volcano, entered a fresh eruptive phase on 29 June, according to the Guardian and Euronews. Lava flowed from an eruptive vent at roughly 3,000 metres altitude, lighting up the night sky above eastern Sicily. Drone footage from 27 June captured the spectacle: rivers of bright orange lava snaking down the volcano's slopes in the darkness, a sight that has become increasingly familiar to those living in Etna's shadow.

The National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, according to the Guardian, reported the lava gush. Such eruptions are routine for Etna, which sits on Sicily's east coast and has been in nearly continuous activity for decades. Yet each eruption carries a double meaning for the island: a reminder of the geological forces that shape the Mediterranean, and a test of how Sicilian communities adapt to living atop one of the world's most volatile volcanoes.