ETNA - Thar She Blows
PIER PAOLO CITO / AP
Wednesday, July 25, 2001: French technician Charles Riviere, take a sample of lava from Mount Etna, near Nicolosi, Italy. Despite new tremors and continued spectacular bursts of lava, a top Cabinet official pronounced the situation under control Wednesday after flying over the volcano.
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