Watch: Mount Etna eruption creates trail of bright orange lava

Watch: Mount Etna eruption creates trail of bright orange lavaTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedWatch: Mount Etna eruption creates trail of bright orange lavaCloseDazzling 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.SubsectionEuropePublished1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated topicsVolcanoesFollow Volcanoesclose panelYou are now following VolcanoesUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.SicilyFollow Sicilyclose panelYou are now following SicilyUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.ItalyFollow Italyclose panelYou are now following ItalyUpdates from your News topics will appear in My News and in a collection on the News homepage.Read description