The steep slope of the volcano dropping into the sea.
The steep slope of the volcano dropping into the sea.
All photographs courtesy of and copyrighted by Mike Lyvers.
Climbing high up the mountain, with a view down to the town and sea.
The plume produced by a small Strombolian eruption.
A burst of glowing pyroclasts from an eruption of Stromboli.
A very foolish tourist approaching the edge of the highly active crater 1,
which erupted with lava jets to 100-200 meters every 20 minutes.
Near the gas-shrouded summit.
One of the three active craters at dusk.
Late March 1993. Stromboli was highly active with all 3 craters erupting. Crater 1 erupted in spectacular jets every 20 minutes to the second, sometimes to the height of the Pizzo (summit); Crater 2 continuously spouted smaller lava jets; and Crater 3 gave off a few ash-and-bomb eruptions per hour (no predictable interval). An Italian volcano buff who was also at the summit said he had climbed Stromboli 5 times before but this was by far the most activity he'd ever seen. Comments by Mike Lyvers.
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