Editing Mount Etna (section)

====Vortex rings====
[[File:Smoke ring above Mount Etna.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Vortex ring above Mount Etna observed on 9 August 2023]]
[[File:Provincia di Catania colori.svg|thumb|upright=0.8|Map of municipalities in the Metropolitan City of Catania (Mount Etna at top right)]]
In the 1970s Etna erupted [[vortex ring]]s,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stromboli.net/etna/etna00/etna0002photovideo-en.html|title=SwissEduc – Stromboli online – Etna 2000|website=www.stromboli.net}}</ref> one of the first recorded events of this type, which are extremely rare. This happened again in 2000.<ref>{{cite news
  | title = Etna hoops it up
  | work = BBC News
  | date = 31 March 2000
  | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/696953.stm
  | access-date = 9 October 2008}}
</ref> Video footage of the 8&nbsp;June 2000 event was captured.<ref>{{cite news
  | title = Erupting Mt. Etna coughs up a smoke ring
  | publisher = WJLA (ABC) Storm Watch 7
  | date = 16 August 2011
  | url = http://www.wjla.com/blogs/weather/2011/08/erupting-mt-etna-coughs-up-a-smoke-ring-video--12367.html
  | access-date = 15 April 2013
  | archive-date = 2 February 2014
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140202203909/http://www.wjla.com/blogs/weather/2011/08/erupting-mt-etna-coughs-up-a-smoke-ring-video--12367.html
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Geoff|first=Mackley|title=Mt Etna – Sicily, Italy – the greatest show on earth !|url=http://www.emergency.co.nz/archive/etna.html|publisher=Geoff Mackley|access-date=15 April 2013|archive-date=30 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230110236/http://www.emergency.co.nz/archive/etna.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another event occurred on 11&nbsp;April 2013.<ref>{{cite news
  | title = Mount Etna blows smoke rings during volcanic eruptions
  | publisher = NBC News
  | date = 12 April 2013
  | url = http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/12/17720274-mount-etna-blows-smoke-ring-during-volcanic-eruptions
  | access-date = 15 April 2013}}</ref> Other similar events occurred during the summer of 2023 (see photo) and 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vortex rings made of water vapour rise from Italy's Mount Etna volcano |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-08/mount-etna-volcanic-vortex-rings/103680958 |access-date=8 April 2024 |publisher =[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=8 April 2024}}</ref>