After five quiet years, Piton de la Fournaise erupted again in 1998. The activity, which began in a fissure on the north flank of the volcano, continued for seven months with lava fountains reaching 150 feet (50m) into the air, feeding a flow which moved

Lava flow from the Monti Calcarazzi fissure that threatened Nicolosi on the south flank of Mount Etna in 2001, the Piano del Lago cone destroyed the Sapienza cable car, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Eruption and lava flow from the Monti Calcarazzi fissure on the southern flank of Mt Etna in 2001, This flow threatened the town of Nicolosi, Sicily, Italy

Eruptions at the Monti Calcarazzi fissure and the Piano del Lago cone, above, on Mount Etna that threatened tourist facilities and villages in 2001, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Lava flow from the Monti Calcarazzi fissure on the flank of Mount Etna in 2001 which threatened Nicolosi below, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Eruptions at the Monti Calcarazzi fissure and the Piano del lago cone on Etna, that threatened tourist facilies and village in 2001, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Eruptions at the Monti Calcarazzi fissure and the Piano del Lago cone on Mount Etna, that threatened tourist facilities and village in 2001, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Eruption and lava flow from the Monti Calcarazzi fissure on the southern flank of Mt Etna in 2001, the flow threatened the town of Nicolosi below, Mt Etna, Sicily, Italy

Lava flow from the Monti Calcarazzi fissure on the southern flank of Mount Etna in 2001, threatening the town of Nicolosi below, Sicily, Italy, Europe

GARDENS - TATE BRITAIN, MILLBANK, LONDON, SW1 VICTORIA, UNITED KINGDOM, DETAIL OF GLASS AND SHADOW ON STONE, ALLIES AND MORRISON