Mount Etna’s Eruption Causes It To Rain Rocks In Sicily

Mount Etna, Europe’s most active volcano, has erupted again. Though the eruption wasn’t serious enough to merit any evacuation, there were a few road closures – oh, and that pesky issue of it’s raining rocks and volcanic ash from the sky now. 

The video about shows footage Sicilians have taken of volcanic rock showering their towns from above. It’s basically the first horseman of the apocalypse.

(via The Telegraph, image via gnuckx)

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Sam Maggs is a writer and televisioner, currently hailing from the Kingdom of the North (Toronto). Her first book, THE FANGIRL'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY will be out soon from Quirk Books. Sam’s parents saw Star Wars: A New Hope 24 times when it first came out, so none of this is really her fault.

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