In the words of Doctor Frankenstein… “it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, it’s alive, IT’S ALIVE!”

In its most powerful display of natural power in 2 years, Italy’s Mount Etna burst back into fiery, explosive, massive-ash-cloud life on Thursday December 3rd and has been spurting and spewing occasionally ever since.

As you might expect, some talented 500px photographers have been there, capturing this amazing phenomenon from every angle just like they did with the Calbuco eruption earlier this year. Here are 15 of the most amazing photos of the Etna eruption shared on 500px so far:

Rapture by Giuseppe Torre on 500px.com

NSEC Parossismo del 6 dicembre 2015 by Antonio Calvagno on 500px.com

Etna Power L by Nunzio Santisi on 500px.com

Just like a Sicilian sunset by Angelo T. La Spina on 500px.com

The Eruption view from Centuripe. by Davide Castiglione on 500px.com

Rise of the Giant by Giuseppe Torre on 500px.com

Huge by Giuseppe Torre on 500px.com

_NIK2866-1.jpg by Alberto Mantegna on 500px.com

20151204_102035.jpg by Dylan73 on 500px.com

Ash Bomb by Alessandro Percolla on 500px.com

The Volcano Etna by Davide Castiglione on 500px.com

Alba eruzione ETNA by Valentino Capizzi on 500px.com

Hell on Earth by Marco Calandra on 500px.com

Fireball by Alessandro Percolla on 500px.com

Dirty thunderstorm - Etna by marco restivo on 500px.com

To see more photos of the Etna paroxysms as they go up on 500px over the following days, click here. And if you have photos of your own, upload them right now and then share a link in the comments!