Vinography Images: Volcanic Vines : Vinography

On the one hand, what you have here is a picture of old vines with Mount Etna erupting behind them. OK, a pretty impressive sight to be sure, and one heck of a soundtrack, with huge booms rolling across the landscape. But on the other hand, what you can see here is the unique terroir of the volcano in action. Some of the tiny particles of ash, smoke, and volcanic ejecta that make up that plume wafting into the mesosphere fall back to earth and make up much of the fine sandy medium into which these ancient Nerello Mascalese vines set their roots. Here on Etna, the sky provides not only sunlight, but also soil.

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Vinography regularly features images for readers’ personal use as desktop backgrounds or screen savers. This year the images are by Vinography’s founder and editor Alder Yarrow. We hope you enjoy them. Please respect the copyright on these images. These images are not to be reposted on any website or blog without the express permission of the photographer.