C'est pas sorcier -ETNA SOUS HAUTE SURVEILLANCE

The official channel of the France 3 program. It's Not Rocket Science, the science and discovery magazine. The Sicilians call their volcano Mongibello, the Mountain of Mountains. Visible from 250 kilometers away, with its 3,350 meters of height, Mount Etna is the largest and most active volcano in Europe. The inhabitants who settled on its slopes have repeatedly seen their fertile lands destroyed by lava flows. In 1669, the city of Catania was partially destroyed. Even today, some twenty towns remain threatened. The It's Not Rocket Science team went to examine the upheavals and fury of this gigantic mountain. They share with us the extraordinary spectacle of a nighttime eruption, with its breathtaking fountains of lava.