Snowboarding Next to Lava: Italy's Mt. Etna Erupts
- ️Thu Feb 20 2025
Snowboarding Next to Lava: Italy's Mt. Etna Erupts
powder.com ^ | Feb 19, 2025 | Ian Greenwood
Posted on 02/20/2025 12:19:26 PM PST by BenLurkin
The display of seismic activity has drawn numerous visitors, including Marco Bassot, a snowboarder.
Several days ago, Bassot began sharing footage of climbing and riding the erupting volcano. The snowboarder in the videos cruised down patches of snow while, in the background, a river of lava bubbled.
"This fracture started some days ago and created a huge, intense and impressive lava flow for more than 1.000 m, you can really feel the heat," Bassot wrote in a social media post. "I've seen many things in my 40 years of life but riding side by side of a flowing river of lava was one of the most special, impressive and breathtaking experiences I've ever lived."
Mt. Etna is Europe's largest and most active volcano.
A new eruption began on February 6, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). February 12 saw strong explosive activity that launched ash and lava into the air.
While beautiful, Mt. Etna's eruption prompted concern amongst some local authorities as an influx of visitors arrived...
Salvo Cocina, Sicily's head of regional civil protection, called the tourist inundation "extremely dangerous," noting that groups of onlookers had begun crowding narrow streets with their parked cars as they clamored for a glimpse of the active Mt. Etna. Those parked cars, according to Cocina, were obstructing rescue vehicles.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; etna; iangreenwood; italy; lava; marcobassot; salvococina; science; sicily; tourists; volcano; volcanoes
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1 posted on 02/20/2025 12:19:26 PM PST by BenLurkin
To: mewzilla
2 posted on 02/20/2025 12:19:55 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: BenLurkin
3 posted on 02/20/2025 12:20:29 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: All
The last known photo of world renowned Antonio Hawkmeister.
4 posted on 02/20/2025 12:29:54 PM PST by BipolarBob (Before judging remember, we've all kicked a pregnant woman in the stomach before.)
To: BenLurkin
Well, that explains Pompeii..................
5 posted on 02/20/2025 12:42:45 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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6 posted on 02/20/2025 2:17:21 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
To: SunkenCiv
Several years ago a female tourist from Hong Kong paid a guide in Africa to take her to the lip of an erupting volcano. She literally, as in actually fell into the volcano while taking a selfie!
7 posted on 02/20/2025 2:19:04 PM PST by Fai Mao ( The US government is run by pedophiles and Perverts for pedophiles and perverts.)
To: BenLurkin; LittleLinda; Diana in Wisconsin
"Dude! You've got some serious thrill issues!" Crush the turtle, movie Finding Nemo.
Another post this week were we can use the word "Volcano". Good deal! (Vulcanism. Best enjoyed at a distance!)
Nonchalant towards danger...tornados in the Midwest. I can hear a wife in the back ground...
"For goodness sake, what are you doing, don't play around! I wish you would take this seriously! If you have to be out here at least finish the mowing!"
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
LOL! As you KNOW, *I* do the mowing around here; but NOT during a Tornado and NOT during the SW Wisconsin Lava Floes! ;)
9 posted on 02/20/2025 6:16:40 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: BipolarBob
10 posted on 02/20/2025 6:17:00 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: BenLurkin
“While beautiful, Mt. Etna’s eruption prompted concern amongst some local authorities as an influx of visitors arrived...”
Local Restaurant Owner, Barzelletta Scherzo said*, “Don’t these people know what the price of EGGS is these days? We can’t afford to FEED all of these additional tourists!”
*But, ya know - he said it in Italian, so it had much more gravitas. ;)
11 posted on 02/20/2025 6:22:54 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
"LOL! As you KNOW, *I* do the mowing around here"
So I understand! And the gardening, and the cooking, and the feeding and dishes, and the social networking!
Well, I would have suggested some sheep to help with the lawn mowing, but we already know who would end up doing the shearing, and the carding, and the spinning, etc!
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Yep. Beau says he’s saving me a LOT of time and effort by NOT letting me get a milk cow. I half-believe him. I mean, he DID grow up on a dairy/beef farm so he MIGHT know a LITTLE something about the time and effort it takes. ;)
He’s Up Nort’ today, closing a bargain deal on Bear Bait for the upcoming season, so I get to do ALL the animal chores...in 10 degree weather. Yay! (Not.)
At least the manure will be FROZEN, but it still ain’t gonna shovel itself!
13 posted on 02/21/2025 6:21:29 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Yes, good to be self sufficient but you can spread yourself too thin with a universe of chores. Good to have money as a means of exchange so you can rely on others in your community to provide you with milk, gasoline, beer, x-rays, and knee surgery!
So No you do not want to be milking cows when you should be looking through the picture window watching the snow fall while you crochet and enjoy hot cocoa!
Bear bait.... Road kill deer hanging in a maple tree to "Age" with a bucket of rotting fish on the ground nearby. (Bear bait, badger bait, wolf bait, coyote bait, etc.) Could find some for free covered in sawdust ripening at at the local DOT depot. (Goodnight!)
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
Bear Bait: Huge, pallet sized boxes of raw cookie dough and broken cookies! They DO mix it with leftover fish-fry oil for that special touch the bears love so much. Irresistible!
15 posted on 02/22/2025 7:27:24 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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