1. From the beginning ... until 1930 The earliest records of activity at Stromboli date back to about 300 BC, and since then, a continuously growing number of reports about Stromboli, its geology, petrology, and eruptive history as well as ongoing activity have been, and are still, published. However, it is only since the late 19th century that the activity of Stromboli has been documented reasonably well and geologic studies were done. A large proportion of the early studies dealt with the morphologic developments at the craters (e.g., Anderson 1905 and Washington 1917 ) Photographic record of the active craters was kept beginning in 1889 (as far as I know), and this section has a few of the early photographs compared to one taken by myself for comparison.
Images of the crater terrace of Stromboli taken from the south. Reference point is the so-called "Torrione", the uppermost part of the Filo di Baraona which is the scarp bounding the Sciara del Fuoco on its southern side. Full-size, commented versions of these images can be obtained when clicking on the photos.
