Who would think that one of the world’s most active volcano shelters the southernmost persistent ice mass in Europe!? Yes, you can find ice inside Mount Etna! Located at an altitude of about 2,040 m above sea level, the Ice Cave (Grotta del Gelo) is well known among Mt Etna’s volcanic caves due to the presence of columns of ice on its walls and floor which occupy about the 30% of the ...[Read More]
Image of the Week — Looking for ice inside a volcano !
A phase of the laser scanning survey of the southernmost ice mass in Europe: the Ice Cave, Mount Etna,. [Credit: Alessio Romeo – Inside The Glaciers Project]