The sight of an erupting volcano might deter most from getting near it, but daredevils in Italy refused to succumb to the explosion as these pictures prove.Mount Etna, on the southern Italian island of Sicily, blew up for the fourth time this year, but despite molten lava spewing down, a group of skiers managed to capture the effects up close.
The party then sailed down its slopes which attracts thousands of visitors each year.
Etna scales 11,000ft and is 18 miles above the Sicilian town of Catania, sent a four mile trail of smoke and ash into the sky.
Whilst nearby airports remained opened, officials shut down two nearby flight paths as a safety precaution following the explosion. Read More
