Taormina is in the foreground. Photograph by Mike Lyvers taking during the 1993 eruption. Etna's beauty, frequent eruptions, and long record of eruptions makes it one of the world's best known volcanoes. With hundreds of papers published on nearly every aspect of Etna's geology it is probably one of the world's most studied volcanoes. NASA Sir-C image of Etna.
Summit craters are near the center of the image.
Cinder cones are abundant on Etna and most visible in this image on the southwest flank. The right photo is a Skylab False color image. The red color reflects the vegetation present. Photo from the Space Shuttle, April 1981. Etna is one of the largest continental volcanoes.