What is Mount Etna, how tall is it and how old is it?
Etna, at 3,330 metres (10,926 feet), is the highest volcano in mainland Europe.
The volcano is one of the most active in the world and the most active in Europe.
The 700,000-year-old volcano is a huge 24 miles wide and is virtually active constantly.
It produces around 7 million tonnes of CO2, water and sulphur dioxide every year.
In 2011, it spewed nearly 70 million tonnes of lava.
The last time Etna posed a serious threat to villages on its slopes was in 1992, when lava streams headed towards Zafferana, a town of 7,000 people.
In a spectacular operation, Italian and US soldiers used controlled explosions to divert the flow.
Incredible pictures capture moment Mount Etna erupts sending lava and huge columns of gas into night sky
The volcano, in Sicily, Italy, erupted in the early hours of this morning with the night sky as a backdrop
Mount Etna, Europe's most famous volcano, is a whopping 700,000-years-old and remarkable 24 miles wide
Each year, it produces enough lava to fill 108-story skyscrapers and is the highest volcano in mainland Europe
Mount Etna, Europe's most famous volcano, is a whopping 700,000-years-old and remarkable 24 miles wide
Each year, it produces enough lava to fill 108-story skyscrapers and is the highest volcano in mainland Europe
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