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  • Plantation forestry on the slopes of Mt Etna during the 2002 eruption, unaffected by several millimetres of fallen ash; photo courtesy of S. Barnard.

    Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies 2009

  • Even volcanoes in areas where there are no established tectonic frontiers are guiltless in this respect: Vesuvius, despite the fact that it buried Pompeii and Herculaneum, Stromboli, Mt Etna and the twin volcanoes of the island of Hawaii have not produced, and do not produce, earthquakes.

    Santorini MacLean, Alistair 1986

  • Dr Prata and his team have put an AVOID unit under the wing of a microlight aircraft which they have been flying over Europe's most active volcano, Mt Etna in Sicily.

    BBC News - Home 2011

  • The footage includes unique views of the red sand dunes and coast of Namibia, Sicily's cloud-covered Mt Etna and the Amazon basin.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The footage includes unique views of the red sand dunes and coast of Namibia, Sicily's cloud-covered Mt Etna and the Amazon basin.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • I can think of loads of tomatoes – eg the cherry ones grown at the foot of Mt Etna and sold at I Camisa in Old Compton Street, Soho – that are much nicer than most people’s rubbishy, watery, tasteless home grown ones.

    Our rotten taste in tomatoes 2007

  • I can think of loads of tomatoes – eg the cherry ones grown at the foot of Mt Etna and sold at I Camisa in Old Compton Street, Soho – that are much nicer than most people’s rubbishy, watery, tasteless home grown ones.

    Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2007

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