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Posted by Gabriela Munoz on June 13, 2012 in Galleries, NASA, Night Sky · 0 Comments

Pompeii’s guardian: Mount Vesuvius

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The still active volcano rises above the Bay of Naples. In 79 AD, an eruption buried the cities of Pompeii, Stabiae and Herculaneum. Pliny the Younger gave an account of the catastrophe in a letter to the famous Greek historian Tacitus. Image: ESA/NASA

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A view from above

Pompeii’s guardian: Mount Vesuvius

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