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The Sciara del Fuoco, the steep black flank of Stromboli running down to the sea

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Stromboli Volcano Webcam

Stromboli erupts every few minutes. Two of the four cameras can see that in the dark, too.

Photo: Unukorno · CC BY 3.0

The situationStromboli live: what the volcano is doing right now

The official alert level from Italy's civil protection department, fetched automatically every morning. It also decides how far up the island you are allowed to go.

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Alert level for StromboliCivil protection alert level (green/yellow/orange/red) · checked on 2026-09-27 · Dipartimento della Protezione Civile – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri (CC BY 4.0)

The camerasStromboli live cams: four views of the same flank

All cameras belong to the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Catania section. They stand on the Pizzo sopra la Fossa and across from the Sciara, where nobody else stands. A code ending in V is a visible-light camera; one ending in T is a thermal camera, recognizable by the temperature scale on the edge.

The Sciara del Fuoco in daylight
The Sciara del Fuoco in daylightThe view that matters: the steep black chute on the northwest flank, down which everything the volcano throws out slides into the sea. At the top of the ridge sits the crater terrace, where the explosions come from.The capture time is printed in the image, in UTC · INGV Osservatorio Etneo (CC BY 4.0)
Thermal image from the Pizzo
Thermal image from the PizzoThe same flank as a thermal image, taken from the Pizzo sopra la Fossa directly above the craters. The scale on the edge is in degrees Celsius. An explosion shows up as a bright spot, even in pitch darkness.The capture time is printed in the image, in UTC · INGV Osservatorio Etneo (CC BY 4.0)
Thermal image of the crater terrace
Thermal image of the crater terraceThe second thermal camera, aimed more tightly at the vents. It is the basis for the count INGV uses to report the eruption rate.The capture time is printed in the image, in UTC · INGV Osservatorio Etneo (CC BY 4.0)
Pizzo, second thermal cameraA supplementary view of the crater terrace.This camera is not returning an image right now.

Still images, not live streams: we fetch them ourselves every 30 minutes and store them here, so no request leaves your browser for another server. Times in UTC.

Reading the imagesWhat the Stromboli webcam shows, and what it does not

Explosions last seconds

Stromboli throws out shreds of lava several times an hour, but each explosion is over within seconds. A still image every 30 minutes rarely catches one. The thermal image, on the other hand, always shows where it is hot.

The Sciara is not a trail

The black band in the picture drops more than 2,300 ft (700 m) steeply into the sea. Everything the volcano ejects slides down here. Entering it is forbidden, whatever the alert level.

Red does not mean lava

In the thermal images, color is temperature, not light. A bright spot can be glowing material, but also just warm rock after a sunny day.

The images come from INGV Osservatorio Etneo and are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (Note Legali on ingv.it). We fetch them ourselves every 30 minutes and store them on our own server, so viewing them opens no connection to third-party servers. If a camera fails, a notice takes its place; at INGV that is normal, the stations sit high on the mountain.

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