Stromboli volcano (Eolian Islands, Italy): pulsating spattering continues to feed lava flow

Pulsating spattering from the North Crater area this morning (image: Il Vulcano a Piedi)

The intense activity at the volcano continues.

The beating-like spattering period (tell-tale sign of delicate equilibrium between incoming and releasing of gas-steam emissions) in regular intervals of nearly every one-to-two seconds has been appearing from the North Crater area early this morning via live stream. The frequency of short-term lava fountains has weakened a bit right now, but still keeps at vigorous values, meaning that fresh magma is arriving into the system that is being erupted as the lava flow on the surface. Incandescent basaltic lapilli-to-bomb ejecta is being thrown at an approximate height of several dozens of meters, some glowing lava material surpasses 100 meters.
Intermittent strombolian-size eruptions continue to take place from the Central-South area.
The seismic network has recorded the volcanic tremor varying between very high-high to medium levels, but generally remains at high levels.

Sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions continue at decreased levels and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions remain stable.

Glowing ejecta from the North Crater area early this morning (image: Laboratorio Geofisica Sperimentale)

Glowing ejecta from the North Crater area early this morning (image: Laboratorio Geofisica Sperimentale)