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The Great Eruption of Vesuvius
Socyberty —
Authority: 506
Perhaps the most famous eruption of all time shook Mount Vesuvius near Naples in Italy in 79 A.D. When the long dormant volcano erupted on August 4th, the residents of the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were caught unawares. Hot ash and lapilli rained down on Pompeii for hours until it was buried several ...1 day ago -
Mountains and molehills
Durova —
Authority: 123
Theres nothing like a rare photograph of an important historic event. The one above is the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1872. The shot is magnificent and the scan is superb: 217MB at full resolution. After rotation and cropping the uncompressed version comes to 93MB--just within the upload limit for Wikimedia ...5 weeks ago
