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Italy's Stromboli Volcano Erupts

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• Feb. 28: Red-hot lava streams from the mouth of Stromboli as the island volcano, just off the coast of Sicily, spews magma in a rare lava event. Stromboli has been erupting continuously since Roman times.
• March 1: This photo released by the Italian Civil Protection shows an aerial view of the Stromboli island volcano during eruptive activity in southern Italy.
• Feb. 28: This photo released by the Italian Civil Protection shows an aerial view of the Stromboli island volcano during eruptive activity in southern Italy.
• Feb. 28: Lava pours down Stromboli's slopes and into the Mediterranean near Sicily.
• Feb. 27: Plumes of smoke are seen coming out of the Stromboli island volcano during eruptive activity, some 40 miles north of Sicily, Italy.
• Feb. 27: Plumes of smoke are seen coming out of the Stromboli island volcano during eruptive activity, some 40 miles north of Sicily, Italy.
• Feb. 27: A view of the Stromboli island volcano during eruptive activity off the Sicilian coast of Messina, southern Italy.
• Feb. 27: Feb. 27: A view of the Stromboli island volcano during eruptive activity off the Sicilian coast of Messina, southern Italy.
• Feb. 28: Smoke rises from the Stromboli island during eruptive activity off the Sicilian coast of Messina, southern Italy.
• Feb. 28: Civil Protection helicopter flies over the Stromboli island during eruptive activity of the volcano off the Sicilian coast of Messina, southern Italy.
• Feb. 28: The National Geophysical Observatory of San Vincenzo on Stromboli island is shown during eruptive activity of the volcano off the Sicilian coast of Messina, southern Italy.
• Feb. 28: Vulcanologist Enzo Boschi, left, looks at a computer in the control room of the National Geophysical Observatory on the Stromboli island during eruptive activity of the volcano off the Sicilian coast of Messina, southern Italy.
• Feb. 27: This photo released by the Italian Civil Protection shows an aerial view of the Stromboli island volcano during eruptive activity in southern Italy.
• Feb. 28: Lava pours down Stromboli's slopes and into the Mediterranean near Sicily.
• Feb. 28: An aerial view of the Stromboli island volcano shows eruptive activity in southern Italy.
• Feb. 28: An aerial view of the Stromboli island volcano shows eruptive activity in southern Italy.