MILAN -- Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has erupted again, showering volcanic ash on towns dotting the mountain's slopes and nearby Taormina.
The eruption Saturday did not force any evacuations, but a highway was closed for half an hour as a precaution. Authorities also briefly closed two of four air corridors serving the nearby Catania airport but air traffic was not interrupted.
Etna erupts occasionally. Its last major eruption occurred in 1992.
MORE: Volcanoes From Space!
The Alps may be more famous, but the Pyrenees
have been around much longer: tens of millions of years longer, in fact.
These mountains formed between 100 and 150 million years ago when the
landmass that Spain occupies pushed into the one that France occupies.
(NASA)
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