<p>Eruptions at Mount Etna shortly before dawn on Saturday, May 21, sent plumes of ash and smoke</a> hundreds of metres into the skies above Sicily. Videographer Turi Caggegi, captured the stunning footage close to the volcano, which saw increased volcanic activity from its north-east crater on May 17.</p><p>“On May 17th we witnessed an increase in the amplitude of volcanic tremors and recorded intense degassing accompanied by occasional, weak emissions from the north-eastern crater,” explained the Catania branch of Italy’s National Vulcanology and Geophysics Institute (INGV). Credit: YouTube/Turi Caggegi</p>
