Italy’s famed volcano Mt. Etna has erupted for the twelfth time this year, spewing lava and ash into the upper atmosphere.

Mount Etna volcano on the island of Sicily erupted during the weekend, shooting flames 820-feet in the air and spewing lava down its slopes.

Internationally renowned geophysicist Dr Wouter Schellart has developed the first dynamic model to explain the mystery of the largest and most fascinating volcano in Europe, Mount Etna.

Using radar images acquired by ESA satellites from 1992 to 2006, scientists have for the first time been able to monitor the long-term behavior of Mt Etna, Europe's highest and most active volcano.

A new development in which scientists have successfully recreated the conditions of an erupting volcano may shed light on new methods of predicting eruptions.