The fascination of the Etna eruptions in
December1991 let Andreas Heidl and me arrange a new trip to a
volcano whose activities are known since 2400 years. Vulcano
Stromboli - a natural antique light tower. The red shining
orientation point in the middle of tyrrhenian sea directed the
sailors also in former times. The summit eruptions which can be
noticed also from the far distance did also guided our ferry captain
the way to the lipary Isle Stromboli in this night.
A dense cloud layer around the summit region
made it impossible to observe the volcano. After three days and
nights in the rain we decided to pack our things and leave the
summit in the next morning.
But in the fourth night the winds of Aeoli
dragged for our surprise the clouds away, and two clear full moon
nights let this adventure end successfull. Now, we had the
opportunity to take photos from a closeer range. Right: Joyfully
gymnastic excercises at the Fossetta, after the sun appeared after
the rainy waiting time in the evening.
View from
the Pizzo shows the lava candles of crater 1/2
View from
the Fossetta
Cloudy
shine of crater 2
Cinema
Lava
ejecta from the middle tubes. With a deafening bang the magma
was forced up to 200 m. The strong sonic wave made it nearly
impossible to get some night shots. All night exposures did show a
zigzac line on the light tracks. The crater terrace in a wide angle.
Photoseries from Pizzo
Heidls run!
During this event Andreas got totally horrified. While standing on
the ridge during the eruption, he had to run back in world record
time, because the material was thrown out far behind his observation
point. This was a very surprising behavior of the crater three.
Hours before the crater ejectet all the time to the right direction.
Raven
attack!!. During our staytime at the crater terrace these two
criminal birds picked up everything from our proviant what
they could get in their bills. The most violent thing was, that they
opened our water and juice store. After this attack we had to go
down to St. Vincenco to bring up a new water proviant. Right. An old
rock covered with lava.
View
from the summit to St. Vincenzo. Camera work at the beach of Saint
Vincenzo.
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