5472 x 3648 px | 46,3 x 30,9 cm | 18,2 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
30 giugno 2016
Ubicazione:
Vesuvius Volcano, Bay of Naples, Italy
Altre informazioni:
On the afternoon of 24th August, AD79, the volcano Vesuvius erupted violently, sending several pyroclastic surges of ash and hot gasses (at least 250°C) which killed and buried everybody and everything in its path. This eruption is famous for the destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, but the volcano has continued to erupt frequently in most centuries, most recently in and in 1906, 1929, and 1944. The violence of any given eruption is roughly proportional to the time since the previous eruption, so the longer the wait, the bigger the next eruption. You can see just how much will be destroyed if the next one is a big one - Pompeii is the grey area in the centre of the image.
