Stone rain falls on Sicily in Italy, covering the town in black

Etna VolcanoIs one of the most active volcanoes in Europe on the island of Sicily in southern Italy. This volcano erupted and scattered volcanic ash in neighboring town, SicilyGiardini-NaxosThen this volcanic ash got down like rain and covered the town in black.

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The picture below when the eruption of Etna volcano erupted on November 23, 2013. Evacuation measures to neighboring residents were not done at the time of the eruption, but for the precaution, the main road was blocked for about 30 minutes and at the Catania airport, which is comparatively close to Etna Volcano, two of the four runways were stopped I said that it was. And it was said that instructions were issued to neighboring residents by wearing the stone piled up at the entrance hall and the car and cleaning them and leaving an umbrella to protect themselves when leaving.


The state of the town of Giardini-Naxos, where stone rain actually falls, can be seen in the following movie.

Rain of pebbles in Sicily - YouTube


The movie was taken on November 23, 2013, the day the volcano erupted.


The grandmother looking up at the sky.


Black stone grains (black dots in the red frame part) come down from the line of sight.




The neighboring ground is dyed in black ... ...


The figure of the person who covers the car so that it does not get dirty or painful.


At least the front door alone, and the old man cleaning with.


The ground is covered in black with volcanic ashes.


Stone was still falling from the sky at the time of movie shooting, so the passers-by guards umbrellas to protect themselves from stone grains.


Stone grain collected in the hood of the car.


The size of the stone grain falling from the sky was mixed, and it seems that things with large thumb size are falling as well.


However, most grains are not bigger than that size of sand.


Stone grain piled on the roof of the car.


Local residents who are washing their dirty car dynamically.


Everywhere is perfect black.



A man who works hard to clean up the space in front of the store.


The coast is also black ... ...


There is also a stone at the bottom of the water.


The Etna volcano has caused a large eruption so far, and its frequency is considerable if it becomes a small scale eruption like this time, and this eruption will be the 17th era this year Thing.

There is also a movie containing the state of the Etna volcano during the eruption.

Etna volcano paroxysm 23 Nov 2013 & amp; steam rings - YouTube


By the way, Sakurajima in Kagoshima city is also one of Japan's most active volcanoesMore than 800 eruption annuallyAnd every time that the city gathers sand grains and stones like rain in the same way as Giardini-Naxos, weather forecastWind direction over SakurajimaIt is enough to inform you.