The volcanic cone of Stromboli (from the Greek word “Strombos” which means “round”) overlooks the Tyrrhenian Sea and is 926 meters high, with the smoke on top, that made it famous all around the world. Hikers and visitors, nature lovers, scientists and volcanologists always visit one of the few volcanic regions in the Mediterranean active for at least two thousand years. Stromboli has been created by the overlapping of several volcanoes and in the middle it features its highest peak, the Serra Vancori; to the north, there is the crater Cima and further north there is the currently active crater which is bordered by two ridges of lava clusters (the “Fire Wire” and the “Baraona Wire”). Intense explosions alternate periodical eruptions of ash and vapors, with frequent hot lava bubblings; the products of the small but impressive eruptions fall without damage along the “Sciara del Fuoco”, a steep slope of debris a thousand meters high, which descends to the sea, where the hot materials sink, surrounded by vapor.