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tuesday 21 january 2025
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The fire of the Etna, the ice of the Niagara. Nature has left us spectacular images
- Nature has left us great images these days. On one end of the world the fire burns and on the other the ice. The Etna volcano in the wood and the cascade of the semi-covered Niagara.
The Etna volcano, in Sicily, is again active, as you can see from the pictures of the last few days. This BBC report recovers images of the 1992 eruption. From there we have collected some of the following photos.
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