The passage of the flow hit nearly a restaurant at the beginning of the
activity. I would say that the restaurant got a soft - touch while the glowing mass was slipping lengthwise along the wall down the valley. The inserted firemen avoided that the building was burning down by cooling the stiffed lava side morain with water
(Photo down middle). The left
photo down shows an interview at the new fracture.
The esthetic side of the fissure
Beside of the hectical and spectacular events at the
Sapienza the fissure had an especially esthetic side. The pictures above are presenting the crack
with the main vent and apprx. 50 altimeters below the three springs. Between them there were also a few little
bubblemakers.
One fascination was, that the lavaflow was sliding over the blowholes and with every burst the erupting lava shoot through the
hot carpet while forcing up big shreds. The most phantastic moment was, when the three vents did blow out at the same time under
a loud roaring and
hissing.
This natural game in connection with the sound of
the earthpower by noticing little tremors let only a few persons, mainly
scientists take part of this unique happening. For a better understanding of this condition look for the
videoclips.
Some longer exposed
'Duemillecento impressions'.
To the events from 21.7 - 27.7.01