The northern slope

• Night eruption: a lava fountain from the crater and an incandescent flow

• Hikers wearing helmets in single file on the rim of a summit crater, among yellow sulphur rocks

• Four smiling hikers on the volcanic ash, with the green slopes of the north side behind them

• The 4x4 bus on the ash desert during the climb

• An ash column lit by the sunset above the lava channel

• Hikers climbing the ash trail, with the Ionian coast on the horizon

• Inside a summit crater, with fumaroles and low clouds

• Two hikers watch an ash column from the trail

• The guide with a yellow backpack walking in front of the glowing lava flow

• The summit cones at sunset with patches of snow

• A group walking along the volcanic trail under a clear sky

• A summit crater with sulphur deposits and steam under the deep blue high-altitude sky

• A group of hikers at sunset in front of the ongoing eruption

• Hikers with colourful helmets photograph the crater from the rim

• The lava flow running between the craters at dusk, among steam and smoke

• An ash column rising behind the crater ridge

• A hiker on the lava field at dusk next to the flow

• The chasm of the summit crater seen from the rim

Live from the volcano: tour videos

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