Apparition in the night sky
Crossing the southern approach to the Strait of Messina the moon was setting over Sicily. I had seen the huge lump of Mt Etna at dusk and the lights of Riposto were clear on the…
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Scylla and Charybdis
Scylla and Charybdis guarded Homer’s Strait of Messina. Charybdis was a beautiful daughter of Poseidon, changed by Zeus into a monstrous , floppy bladder with flipper limbs and a vast maw. She sucked in huge…
The first volcano
The Straits of Messina are now tame. Especially if Corryvreckan, Lemaire or the Merry Men of Hoy are your yardsticks. Still noteworthy however, are the current which alternates between 4 knots with and 2 knots…