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So beautiful filming can be
Normally it is not my kind to talk
at first
about the weather but the meteorological peculiarities in the most
stable month October had been such a curiosity that it is a must for me
to write something about that. The photos show the camera team
filming in line of sight to Catania and the old church of the suburb
city of Misterbianco. This church hidden on the photos felt 1669 during
the historical outbreak of Etna nearly to victim. The lava stream during
the mighty eruption took its way from Monte Rosso (Nicolosi) straight to
the city of Catania, and destroyed half of the centre. October 2003,
everybody feeled the worlds end is may near again. We and the film team
dragged ourselves the entire equipment still as soon as possible into
the saving vehicles. This was necessary because the violent thunderstorm
accompanied with haggle and rain was going down in such a dimension that
in less than 20 minutes the streets of Misterbianco and Catania were
flooded up to 30 cm. Through the streets a brownish mass of mud and
water was running down in such a speed that we had to fear that the cars
standing on the sidewalk will get loosen and carried away like boats. On
the right 'yellow', Boris Behncke flying by.
The days around Etna
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1.) Dr. B.Behncke, R.Gladitz 2.)
Tom Fleckenstein, R.Gladitz , Frank Bäumer, Dr. B.Behncke 3) Andreas
Heidl, B.Behnke, Martin Rietze, F.Bäumer 4) F. Bäumer, B.Behncke
Because of the suddenly changing of the editorship and chaotic
treatments between the broadcast station and our team the trip nearly
ended before he started. We should have our film shooting only if the
volcano gets active. Finally the whole came to a positiv decision,
owing to the engagement of the production team under the direction of
Ralph Gladitz and the 4D team
Frank Bäumer (4D-Produktionsteam)
After realizing that our film shoot will get cancelled (which volcano will
break out in
a
schedule
way)
we took everything more relaxed. We investigated a little bit here and a
little bit there and recognised that the forests of Etna are good hunting
areas for over dimensional mushrooms (boletos) and chestnuts. The first who
came back with a big harvest was Frank Bäumer (above). Frank was the chief
of science during the productions and is also fascinated from the Italian
volcanism.
Charred dragon 2002
2) Driving service Heidl 3) Behncke, Fleckenstein, Gladitz 4) BR Team
during the film shoots
With the filming work in the north and northeast region the scientific part
began with Boris Behncke. From distortion-shifts of whole roads to the
consequences of the geological movement of the volcanic massif and/or the
Sicilian mainland up to down gliding houses we had the possibility to get
more geological details of Etnas power.
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The further information’s were given from Boris Behncke (Grazie Mille !)
during the excursions around the volcano
1)
Boris Behncke before the ruin of the hotel Piano Provenziana. In few minutes
this hotel was rolled over by the powerful lava stream 2002.
2)
..the
leeway of the entire northeast slope with is supposed with mass of 1000 km³ -
you read already correctly-, is measurable with a simple foot-roule. The
powerful separation crack pulls itself through - exactly here. The owner of
this house probably did not made up his mind which power the tectonic
movements at this volcano can cause. In the photo you can see the concrete
plate and the edge of the ‘down moving’ house. B.Behncke had between them
plenty of place. While the concrete plate is belonging to the so-called rigid
part of the Etna, the house is situated on the mobile part. The measured
amount of the total movement over the last years was 110cm (43 inch). With the
outbreak 2002 the hut moved smoothly a half meter down. The owner by the way
left this instable place of living.
3)
Meeting at the piano Provenziana. On the left an old acquaintance of the
outbreak from April 2000 (at that time on the way with Jacques Durieux). In
2002 he became a witness to the entire destruction.
Nino at the camera and his assistant. Tom Fleckenstein contacted this camera
team from Munich in last minute, otherwise the entire thing would ‘have fallen
into the water’(german phrase). Nino the volcano cameraman of the RAI UNO we
were later told, filmed everything which was spectacular during the events and
documented all activities which took place the last years at the volcano Etna.
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