Photos: Italy's Mount Etna volcano erupts, shooting lava, ash into night sky Eruption at Mount Etna, in the late afternoon there was a major increase in volcanic activity at the Southeast Crater, followed by a violent pyroclastic flow accompanied by tall lava fountains and lava flows along the flanks of the Southeast crater, photo taken from the village of Milo near Catania on February 16, 2021. (Salvatore Allegra/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)