History and eruptions Vesuvius Transport On Vesuvius Views of Vesuvius
Vesuvius, about 1880. A family and their guides on the lava.
Photo title at bottom is “8129 Vesuvio - Cratere. G. Sommer – Napoli”.
The handwritten note says “Spitze des Vesuv” (Peak of Vesuvius).
Museum für Kunst und
Gewerbe Hamburg, inventory number P1981.398
(Public Domain).
See https://sammlungonline.mkg-hamburg.de/de/object/8129-Vesuvio---Cratere/P1981.398/mkg-e00135740
Vesuvius. c.1872. Lava del Vesuvio. G. Sommer cabinet card 5259. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius. From an Album by M. Amodio, c.1880, entitled “Pompei, destroyed on 23 November 79, discovered in 1748”.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, August 27, 1904. Vesuvius viewed from across the bay. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, August 27, 1904. Looking up to summit from a waterside location.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, 1902-3. Photo of goats and goatherd on the lava. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, August 27, 1904. View of Vesuvius across the lava with newly opened electric light railway in the mid distance.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, August 27, 1904. Lava field. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, August 27, 1904. A family member carried in a sedan-chair. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, August 27, 1904. A family and their guides on the lava. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, August 27, 1904. Crater. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, August 27, 1904. Photo from back of carriage on road to Pompeii. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, August 27, 1904. Herd of goats and goatherd met travelling back by carriage on the road to Pompeii.
Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius. March 1922. Tourist walking on pathway to top. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, 10th May 1923. Photo taken on rim of crater. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, 1928. Photo taken on the edge of the crater. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, 1928. Photo taken by the restaurant. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, July 1930. New crater formed on Vesuvius. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, 1934. View to summit with funicular. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius 1934. Vesuvius rim, looking across lava to cone. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius 1934. Crater with cone. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, March 2010. Path to rim. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, June 2010. Path at rim, in the mist. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, June 2010. Path at rim, in the sun. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, March 2010. Coming back from rim. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, June 2010. The sign reads La Capannuccia (the little hut), quota (at an altitude of) 1167slm. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, June 2010. La Capannuccia (the little hut) with parked car. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius crater, 1970. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, June 2010. Rim. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, June 2010. Crater rim. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, June 2010. Crater. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, June 2010. Lava. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, 1972. Lava outcrop. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, June 2010. Lava. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, 1972. Lava outcrop. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, 1972. Revegetated lava. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, 1972. Lava landscape. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, 1972. Lava slope. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, 1972. Lava cliff. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, 1972. Lava. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, June 2010. Lava. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, 1972. View across to plain below. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, 1972. Vegetated slopes. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius lava, 1972. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, 1972.
Osservatorio Vulcanologico Vesuviano (Vesuvius Volcanological Observatory).
Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, June 2012. Observatory with plaque above the door: Reale Osservatorio Vesuviano (Royal Vesuvius Observatory).
Photo courtesy of Michael Binns.
The upper plaque at roof level commemorates its founding in 1841, by Ferdinando II of Bourbon, King of The Two Sicilies.
It is the oldest volcanology observatory in the world.
The Vesuvius Observatory is responsible for monitoring of active volcanoes such as Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and Ischia.
Now it is home to the Naples branch of the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV), the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology.
Vesuvius Observatory. 1880 drawing by Luigi Palmieri.
See Palmieri L.,
1880. Il Vesuvio e la sua storia. Milano: Tipografia Faverio, p. 65.
Vesuvius, June 2010. Looking down to the Observatory and the plain below. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
Vesuvius, 1972. View from slopes. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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Vesuvius, March 2010. View from rim. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.
History and eruptions Vesuvius Transport On Vesuvius Views of Vesuvius