Mt Etna, an active stratovolcano on the east coast of  Sicily, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and in an almost constant state of activity.  It’s the tallest volcano in Europe and the largest of the three active Italian volcanoes.

Etna has been periodically quite active over the last year or so, particularly over the last month, with eruptions from several different points.  The impressive lava fountaining in the following video is from the early morning of March 6, 2013.  The lava is fountaining over a half a mile into the sky – over twice the height of the Empire State Building.

It’s amazing to see how long the “sparks” from the fountain take to drop and to realize that those “sparks” are actually large pieces of lava falling onto the slope of the developing cone, falling faster and faster (speed rising by ~32 feet per second for every second of free fall) – they aren’t falling in slow motion, though it may seem that way.

I’ve been dabbling a bit with Zazzle lately and I’m not really expecting anything significant from it, at least in the near term.

In today’s e-mail, I saw this:

It’s pretty cool, I guess.  The image is one of my favorites of relative few that I’ve uploaded to create products with.  This particular “product” is poster of an 1899 photo of an Apache chief.

According the Wikipedia “Zazzle is an online retailer that allows users to upload images and create their own merchandise (clothing, posters, etc.), or buy merchandise created by other users, as well as use images from participating companies. Zazzle’s proprietary technology enables individuals, professional artists, and major brands, including Disney and Hallmark, to create and offer billions of unique products for customers worldwide.”

We’ll see what happens – and I’ll keep dabbling with it.

The fifteen images below are among a number that I’m using on the Exit78 Zazzle shop.  I’m initially setting them up as posters, but may use some of them later for other products.

I will be sharing here any new images that I add to the Zazzle shop.  However, I’ll only share them here one time, even if I subsequently use them for other products.  The intent in displaying them here is simply to share vintage images that I’ve discovered, as described in the tagline above.

I’ve tried to find out more information on the various images.  Unfortunately, there is little more to be had.

Enjoy.

Chief Severo and family (poster) Ute tribe; photomechanical print : photochrom, color; Copyright 1899 by the Detroit Photographic Co.; attributed to William Henry Jackson c. 1895.	Tribal camp of the Blackfeet Indians (poster) Walter McClintock; c. 1895 – 1915; hand colored lantern slide	Ute High Chief Ignacio (poster) Copyright 1899 by Detroit Photographic Co.
Elk Horn, herald of the Brave Dog Society (poster) Blackfoot Indians; Montana; Walter McClintock; c. 1895 – 1915; hand colored lantern slide	Dance lodges of Brave Dog Society (poster) Walter McClintock; Blackfoot Indians; c. 1895 – 1915; hand colored lantern slide	Costumes of Brave Dog Society (poster) Walter McClintock; Blackfoot Indians; c. 1895 – 1915; hand colored lantern slide
Apache Chiefs Garfield, Ouche-te Foya and Sanches. (poster) Detroit Photographic Co.; copyright 1899	Apache Chief James A. Garfield. (poster) copyright 1899, Detroit Publishing Co.	Before the storm. (poster) Four Apaches on horseback under storm clouds. Photographed by Edward S. Curtis; c. 1906.
Big Head (poster) Big Head, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front. c1905; photograph by Edward S. Curtis	Band of mounted Navahos passing through Cañon (poster) c1904; photographed by Edward S. Curtis.	Piegan encampment (poster) Tepees with mountains in background. Piegan Blackfeet, probably northern Montana, ca.1900, photographer: Edward S. Curtis.
Ow High (poster) ca. 1905; photographed by Edward S. Curtis.	Navaho child (poster) Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Navajo child, facing front. ca1904; photographed by Edward S. Curtis	Navaho matron (poster) Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Navaho woman. ca 1904; photographed by Edward S. Curtis

Devil’s Tower National Monument, Wyoming, August 26, 2007

This picture is used in the following video, which can also be viewed on YouTube.

Badlands National Park, South Dakota, August 23, 2007

This image appears in the following video, which also can be viewed on YouTube

Early Morning West Yellowstone KOA, Montana, September 13, 2007

This image was taken during the same trip as those used in the following video, which can also be viewed on YouTube.

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Navajo National Monument, Arizona, October 1, 2011.

This picture is used in the following video, which can also be viewed on YouTube.

San Juan County, Utah, September 30, 2011.

The photo was used in the following video, which can also be viewed on YouTube.