Heaven and Hell: Incredible Volcanic Lightning during eruption of Mount Etna

An angry Mount Etna scorches the skies over Sicily with a tremendous eruption. a magnificent display of volcanic lightning Taken on December 3, 2015 by Sicilian photographer Marco Restivo.

The incredible pictures show Europe's tallest active volcano spitting fire and sending plumes of smoke into the air.

This is the first eruption to reach the surface of Etna's Voragine crater in two years.

Snapper Marco used photo editing software to overlap five images to create one single picture which shows volcano lightning under a cloud of dense smoke.