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A view for our Christmas breakfast in our Taormina hotel.!
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My first view ever of an active volcano. Wow and wow!
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What is so great is that the smoke changes from one moment to the next.
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Getting near the top. Worried that these are not clouds, but smoke from the crater.
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Too tempting a spot! We had some climbing to do!
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Sylvie's attempt.
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Camille of course is far ahead!
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Steve posing (and climbing some too!)..
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As far as Sylvie would go!
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Camille nearing the top!
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And the mountain, or rather crater, was vanquished!
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And is this enough proof?
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The meandering road near the summit,
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And there was snow at the top! Time to add layers!
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The crater that opened up in 2002
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One of the many lava flows of the last few years that buried some buildings.
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Another crater that Camille could not resist.
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And here she is on top!
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This was the south side, the safest place to be!
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And yes it is all recent ashfall along the road.
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Getting closer to the danger zone!
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And can you spot Camille and Steve?
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Smoke from the volcano? Clouds? There was no telling them apart.
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And this is considered a regular day on Mt Etna.
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Christmas sunset on Etna. Not so shabby!
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Above the clouds on our way down the volcano.
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A last close-up! Still most impressive.