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Sending fire and ash across the Sicilian skyline, this is the incredible moment a crater on Mount Etna erupted for the first time in two years. The massive volcanic plume came from the Voragine crater in what was its first eruption to reach the surface since 2013. It is thought that activity started around a month ago with explosions inside the crater that the too small to reach the rim.
Mount Etna has been active for thousands of years, although its first eruption of modern times was thought to be in 475 BC. It is so well-known it was written about by the Ancient Roman poet Virgil, who called its eruptions a 'roar of frightful rain'.
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