Kutholakala ogwini olusempumalanga yeSicily (e-Italy), sithola enye yezintaba-mlilo ezaziwa kakhulu e-Old Continent: i-Etna. Kuqubuka sonke isikhathi esincane, kwesinye isikhathi minyaka yonke. Ukugcina kwakhe ukukwenza lokhu bekungoMsombuluko odlule ebusuku.
Umbukiso ungabonakala edolobheni laseCatania, elisendaweni engamakhilomitha ambalwa ukusuka entabamlilo. Okwamanje, ayisiyo ingozi kubantu noma emakhaya abo.
Ukuqhuma kwentaba-mlilo i-Etna
NgoFebhuwari 27, 2017 u-Etna wandisa umsebenzi wawo wentaba-mlilo, futhi ngasekupheleni kosuku lwaqhuma, lwaxosha umlotha emgodini ohlangothini olusenyakatho-mpumalanga, njengoba kubikwe yiNunziata di Mascali Meteorological Observatory, esiqale ukukhiqiza ifu elinyene.
Njengamanje kunekhamera yewebhu yeSkyline eyiqopha bukhoma. Ungayibona isebenza chofoza lapha (Udinga ukuthi ufake inguqulo yakamuva ye-Adobe Flash Player).
Umlando wentaba-mlilo
Intaba-mlilo i-Etna, esebenza kakhulu eYurophu, inokuphakama kwamamitha angu-3330 ngaphezu kogu lolwandle futhi kwaqala umsebenzi wayo cishe eminyakeni eyisigamu sesigidi edlule, ngokuqhuma ngaphansi kolwandle, ogwini lwalokho namuhla okuyiSicily. Umsebenzi wentaba-mlilo ngenhla kobuso bolwandle waqala eminyakeni engama-300.000 eyedlule, futhi kancane kancane ukuqhuma kwalwakha lwakuma njengamanje.
Umsebenzi wentaba-mlilo awufani neze. Kwesinye isikhathi ukuqhuma kwenzeka engqungqutheleni kwesinye isikhathi ezinhlangothini. Esokuqala yizona eziqhuma kakhulu, kepha kuyaqabukela zibeka ingozi; ngakolunye uhlangothi, lokhu kokugcina kungenzeka ngisho nakumamitha angamakhulu ambalwa wobude, noma ezindaweni ezinabantu abaningi. Kusukela ngo-1600 AD. C., kube nokuqhuma kwe-60 lateral nokungenakubalwa engqungqutheleni.
Intaba-mlilo i-Etna idale umbukwane omangalisayo, awucabangi?