Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has awed even seasoned volcanologists in recent days with spectacular spurts of lava lighting up the Sicilian sky each night. For over a week, Etna has been belching lava, ash and volcanic rocks on a regular basis.
Etna erupted 18 times in 2011 and Wednesday's was the second such event this year.
Europe's most active volcano -- Mount Etna in Italy -- erupted for the sixth time this year on Thursday. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily. Thursday's eruption is the 24th in a series of volcanic eruptions since January.
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