#Etna 's Southeast Crater continues emitting countless graceful vapor rings ('volcanic vortex rings'), a phenomenon never seen like this before. Someone said 'maybe because we receive so much bad news lately, Etna has decided to do something simply beautiful'. 5 April 2024

#Etna is putting on a new, different show. Since the evening of 2 April 2024, a small vent on the Southeast Crater is emetting unprecedented quantities of gas rings (volcanic vortex rings). Timelapse (10x) video recorded at dawn on 4 April 2024 from home in Tremestieri Etneo

Tutti i proprietari delle case che vogliono abbattere per la costruzione del ponte, facciano le barricate e invito i siciliani a protestare insieme a loro per evitare che la mangiatoia sia aperta! ANDIAMOCI! Il governatore schifani è a favore del ponte e poi ci spiega perchè le

In concomitanza del terremoto di M= 5.8 avvenuto lungo la costa greca del Peloponneso (ore 07:12 UTC), il sistema di sorveglianza #INGV -OE ha registrato un rapido incremento dell'ampiezza media del tremore vulcanico. L'OE, ha quindi emesso un comunicato:
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We welcome contributions for a new special issue of Annals of Geophysics entitled 'Volcanic risks: observations, analysis, modeling'. The link directs readers to the description of the special issue for further details annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/anna…

New music from yours truly, exactly sixty-two years after my birth:

Sixty-Two

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EXPLORING

I first published this tune in late 2020, though with low sound quality. Now it comes in full splendor, worthy of what it's about:

exploring life, exploring the wonderful world of #Etna , exploring love with this fine woman (my wife Catherine)

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'Chances Missed'

A tune dedicated to my mother Helga, who died more than half a century ago at the age of only 33.

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Questo sabato, 10 febbraio 2024, l'INGV apre le porte al pubblico per farvi guardare la Terra attraverso il nostro 'Earth Telescope': laboratori, mostre, visite alla Sala Sismica, seminari (uno mio, uno del INGV presidente!) ingv.it/musei-e-mostre…

Wir begrüßten im Konsulat Boris Behncke, Deutscher Vulkanologe, der zum Studium nach Italien gezogen ist und jetzt bei Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia in Catania arbeitet. Mit Begeisterung führte er Grundschüler aus Kollnau und Murg in die Geologie und Vulkanologie ein.

Abbiamo accolto in Consolato Boris Behncke vulcanologo tedesco che si è trasferito in Italia per studiare e lavorare presso Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia di Catania.

Ha condotto con grande entusiasmo gli alunni della scuola primaria di Kollnau e Murg alla scoperta di geologia e vulcanologia.

This weekend, more than 1.5 mio (!) people took to the streets against the far-right AfD in Germany - and people should know about it. As in many countries, right-extremism is rising, elections are close, it seemed hopeless. Yet, this wave erupted over night. It is so hopeful.🔥

Here is some new music from yours truly:

'Far Away From Here'

a tune partly written when I was sixteen (as in the photo below) and finally starting to come out of the shadows of my own unhappy adolescence.

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Black Beast Turns White

Highest point on #Etna , the Southeast Crater appears in the early morning sunlight on 7 January 2024 after a fresh snowfall. View from home in the village of Tremestieri Etneo, 20 km south of the peak

This must end, absolutely and as swiftly as possible. What an obscene species has someone to be to treat women that way ... (and it is a profoundly frustrating perception that women's rights are being rolled back also in many 'western' countries, Italy included)

I made a new song about how we are lured into believing that we must somehow make ourselves more attractive, more beautiful, more interesting - FAKE BEAUTY.

This one is different from my usual prog style ... hear for yourselves!

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What makes #Etna such an exceptional volcano? Maybe most of all, the evolution of the youngest of its 4 summit craters, the Southeast Crater, in the past few decades. Here are 2 comparison photos, taken 26 September 1989 and 29 December 2023, from same site, at exactly same scale

... by the way, you will now also find me at Bluesky!

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