Watch: Mount Etna eruption creates trail of bright orange lava

Watch: Mount Etna eruption creates trail of bright orange lava To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Watch: Mount Etna eruption creates trail of bright orange lava Close Dazzling orange lava snakes across Europe's largest active volcano, as shown in striking new footage. Last Friday's eruption at Mount Etna, located on the Italian island of Sicily, created a thick streak of bright lava that has run at least 300 meters (1,000ft) lower than the rupture height. The eruption initially took place at an altitude of 3,000 metres, according to the Etna Observatory of the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. Subsection Europe Published 1 hour ago Share close panel Share page Copy link About sharing Related topics Volcanoes Follow Volcanoes close panel You are now following Volcanoes Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . Sicily Follow Sicily close panel You are now following Sicily Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . Italy Follow Italy close panel You are now following Italy Updates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage . Read description