Mamma Mia! The Stromboli Volcano has Erupted!
(Space) The Stromboli volcano and its namesake island are located in southern Italy, just off the northern tip of the island of Sicily in the Tyrrhenian Sea. About 300 full-time inhabitants live on the island, most in the village of Ginostra, which is marked in the satellite image to the southwest of the volcanic cone.
The volcano has been erupting frequently during the past 90 years making it one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
Every now and then a story like this comes along that seems almost too good to be true. Mt. Stromboli? On Stromboli Island? It sounds like a track in Mario Kart.
Maybe it is common having food geography across the pond. A Snail Trail up to Mt. Escargot in France. A Borscht nuclear waste pit in Russia. A raccoon food pond in England.
Imagine getting turned to calcified ash by a mountain of meat and cheese? If any Italians are reading this, just make sure when the mountain starts hummin that you're not cummin.
As an Italian, I love making fun of my Paisans both domestic and abroad. But there is just something deeply funny about some Italian food names. I think it's something about ending in vowels. Calzone, Pasta Fagioli, Muffuletta. Just fantastic stuff.
Maybe this is finally the year I can get my shirt off the ground.
