John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Volcano

Picture of the Bay of Naples taken from Mount Faito. The scene includes much of the area that was devastated by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 BCE; and of course the volcano itself. About 3711 feet (1131 metres) up Mount Faito, part of the Monti Lattari mountain chain.

The reflections from the cable car window make this picture resemble a double exposure. The reflected umbrellas, by happy accident, hover over the volcano crater. About 3711 feet (1131 metres) up Mount Faito, part of the Monti Lattari mountain chain. The crater of Mount Vesuvius can be seen (as clearly as the window will allow) with some white clouds passing by.

The volcano Vesuvius broods behind the modern city of Ercolano, which in turn sits atop the ancient city of Herculaneum. Debris from the volcano was the doom of Herculaneum in AD 79 but forms the base on which the present day city of Ercolano is constructed.

Castellammare di Stabia spreads and curls around the volcano that brought total devastation to the area in AD 79.

Castellammare di Stabia in the Bay of Naples is the modern town that lies where the ancient Roman city of Stabiae was. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 completely buried that town along with a large area of the Bay to north and south. A part of the Roman world that had long been a popular playground for some of the most powerful and wealthy citizens of Rome, ceased to exist. Archaeological excavations have uncovered many expensive villas and palaces as well as large parts of the towns Pompeii and Herculaneum. The volcano has continued to be a threat to the surrounding area. Its most recent destructive eruption took place in 1944 causing local devastation but nowhere near the scale of what happened in AD 79.