Serracozzo Trail from Rifugio Citelli, Etna volcano, 07.09.2020

                                

                                

                                  

                                

                                

Lower slopes and trails of Etna volcano offer plenty of lovely vegetation including many species and sub-species of plants. Among them the saponaia flowers (Saponaria sicula), Sicilian astragalus (Astracantha sicula),  tansy (Tanacetum siculum), cerastium (Cerastium tomentosum), senecio (Senecio squalidus), camomile of Etna (Anthemis aetnensis), Etna rennet (Galium aetnicum), romice (Rumex scutatus) and some moss and lichen.

First photos of Etna volcano, 07.09.2020

                        

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                

                                                                 

The travelling during Covid19 (coronavirus Sars-Cov-2) is quite risky and unpredictable, but still worth even self-imposed quarantine after coming back. So on 6th September of 2020 three people (me and two of my friends) travelled by plane from Katowice to Catania. We wanted to explore north side of Etna volcano including central craters. Here are the first pictures of Etna volcano and its lava flows taken near Rifugio Citelli on 07.09.2020.

Pizzi Bianchi: white tuff canyon in Serrara Fontana, Ischia, 06.06.2019

Now this is truly spectacular and otherworldy geological formation on Ischia: white tuff canyon of Pizzi Bianchi in Serrara Fontana. I even managed to go down (it was quite risky) to make some close-up pictures of this treasure. Date of visit: 6th June of 2019. My last day on Ischia.