Vesuvius Volcano

VESUVIUS WORLD

About 30 miles south west of Avellino lies the infamous Vesuvius Volcano, dormant it seems at least for the moment. Steam vapors puff out of vents along the crater wall. It historically erupted at about 50 year intervals. This last interval, however,  is long ago extended. Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by Vesuvius and will be buried again, except next time there will be many more lives and property affected. Meanwhile we can only watch and wait...

On a clear day across the Bay of Naples the beauty of Mount Vesuvius is self-evident...

Pompeii: Digging where no man has dug before...A dirty job but somebody has to do it as this is an ancient garbage pit... That which the mighty volcano buryeth we digeth up...

Lo and behold! How brave can people be? There are small villages along the upper crests of Vesuvius where people live full-well knowing the next eruption is long overdue.

There is a path to the summit for the crazy at heart...

 

Vents inside the crater continue to spew steam as Vesuvious calmly sits waiting for for another day to erupt again...

Avellino"s National Vintage Auto Rally

Lovely old European autos gather vie for trophies.

Sky Falls Over Avellino

A Nat Turner burning sky gives for dramatic scenes at dusk in the valley of Avellino. The sky is all at once so hot and so cool... A forbidding polar wind blows through. It’s not clear that spring will ever come. The solace that winter brings...

For consecutive months, days, hours...the weather has been harsh bearing storms, rains, flooding, snows... We're now in Spring and no end in sight for this situation. But the sun fights back.