Stromboli

[rain_gryphon]

So, Stromboli, that's been erupting continuously, if relatively mildly, for the past 2000 years or so, cut loose with a paroxysmal eruption that seems to have included a sizable nuee ardent as well, judging from the pictures. In the second picture on the BBC article, you can see the head of a good-sized nuee running down the slope out of sight behind that ridge. It looks like it's not losing any power as it advances (judging from the angle of the leading edge of the head cloud), which is unsurprising on a slope like that. At about the level of the head of the nuee, it looks like there are houses on that saddleback. hopefully at some distance longitudinally. One could have made a tidy sum as a door-to-door salesman selling clean underwear just then, I'd imagine.

https://www.skylinewebcams.com/en/webcam/italia/sicilia/messina/stromboli-sciara-del-fuoco.html A nice collection of webcams. Everything looks quiet and peaceful now.

Edit: And there does seem to be some mild activity yet, with rocks rolling down the debris slope.