Mount Etna dominates the whole northeast corner of the island.
Lava heads for the sea as Mount Etna erupts Wednesday night on Sicily.
A few hundred degrees separates this pool of fiery orange magma in Italy's Mount Etna from its hardened, gray crust.
Mount Etna holds a place in Roman mythology as the furnace of the god of fire and blacksmithing.
In a National Geographic file photo from 2002, a scientist in a full thermal suit collects lava atop Mount Etna.
As two brave souls gaze on, red ash and lava billow nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) into the sky from Mount Etna in July 2001.
It looks as if some boulders sit atop layers of ash spewed out by known eruptions of Mount Etna, meaning they fell after Troy did.
Sims carries a scar on his right arm from Sicily's Mount Etna, where his shirt melted into his skin. He's even-tempered and analytical and seemingly never off duty.
As with most island cultures, fish and seafood is king and in Sicily they are prepared with fresh vegetables grown in the fertile soil in the shadow of Mount Etna.
