Mt. Etna Volcano - Sicily, Italy

From the hilltop town of Agira, in central Sicily, the camera looks east across farmland and valleys to Mount Etna, which fills the horizon and on clear days shows off its broad cone and the plumes rising from its summit.

In 1669, one of Etna's most famous eruptions sent lava flowing for weeks until it reached the walls of Catania, on the coast. The city walls turned most of the flow into the sea, where it filled the harbor.

On Etna's eastern flank lies the Valle del Bove, a huge horseshoe-shaped valley left when part of the mountain collapsed around 8,000 years ago. Its steep walls reveal layer after layer of old eruptions.

Did You Know? Despite stories of thousands killed in the 1669 eruption, records from the time don't mention any deaths.

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