As Europe's largest active volcano, Etna is a must see. And the landscape and many beautiful flowers growing there are testimony to the fertility of the volcanic soil.
1 Etna viewed across the vineyards
2 Closer up, with volcanic rocks (what else?)
3 Closer up
4 The Rifugio Sapienza, with rocks from the eruption of 2003
5 View from the Rifugio Sapienza towards Catania and the coast
6 Wild volcanic landscape
7 Abrupt crags
8 The nearby Silvestri Craters were formed in 1892.
9 Yellow-barked trees
10 The volcanic soil is very fertile and flowers abound.
