Panoramic view of the activity facilities and surrounding area, including Mount Vesuvius. Exact Date Shot Unknown
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Base: Naples
Country: Italy (ITA)
Scene Camera Operator: JO2 David Greitzer
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Starting in 1631, Vesuvius entered a period of steady volcanic activity, including lava flows and eruptions of ash and mud. Violent eruptions in the late 1700s, 1800s and early 1900s created more fissures, lava flows, and ash-and-gas explosions. These damaged or destroyed many towns around the volcano, and sometimes killed people; the eruption of 1906 had more than 100 casualties. The most recent eruption was in 1944 during World War II. It caused major problems for the newly-arrived Allied forces in Italy when ash and rocks from the eruption destroyed planes and forced evacuations at a nearby airbase.
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