Mount ETna --The Volcano Trip

I have taken many pictures of Mount Etna from Belpasso and Santa Motta. Mount Etna is one of three volcanoes in Italy. Mt. Etna is the largest and highest active volcano in Italy.To get to Mt. Etna you can travel by car, get on the Etna Cableway and than a ride in it's Land Rovers to see into its craters.

But, There is no way, I could travel to Italy and not stand amongst the 500,000 years old lava rocks. I got my change on January 29, 2011. Although, I did not travel to the craters. I did get to experience the snow that had accumulated on the volcano. This volcano is at 10,000 ft or more in height. This volcano continues to have eruptions and just had one in the early part of January 2011. One eruption cause lava to destroy villages and took eight years to cool.

But, it was pretty calm the day we stood on top of Mt. Etna.