34K views · 746 reactions | On this day 80 years ago, Malta's skies were filled with warplanes and gunfire for an air battle so important, it earned the day the monicker 'Glorious 10th of May'. | Times of Malta | Facebook

Mount Etna has erupted once again and this time, it was dramatic enough to send tourists running for their lives. The powerful eruption saw pyroclastic flows rushing down the volcano’s slopes, while a massive column of smoke and ash rose high into the sky above Sicily, even visible from Malta. Footage shared online shows chaotic scenes as people fled the area, moments after Italy’s National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology reported increasingly intense Strombolian explosions. An aviation

In 1942, the German war machine unleashed a brutal 154-day campaign of air raids on the Allied stronghold of Malta. Locals remember it as a period marked with hunger and need. WWII Battles in Color: El Alamein premieres tonight at 8 PM. | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation