Mount Vesuvius, Italy, satellie image

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Satellite image of Mount Vesuvius peeking out from dense cloud cover. This volcano, near the city of Naples, Italy, is most famous for its destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum in 79 AD, but has erupted many times over the centuries. Image obtained by the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 on 2nd January 2022.

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Photo credit: © NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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