1 It's many years since Mount Vesuvius last erupted.

2 It was the biggest eruption of Vesuvius for some years.

3 The explosion rivalled Vesuvius, Pelee and others of the historical era.

4 At the heart of this human tragedy is Vesuvius.

5 AD and it was of Mount Vesuvius in Italy.

6 A few days later, Vesuvius was in violent eruption.

7 Mount Vesuvius is an active volcano.

8 Mount Vesuvius hasn't erupted a good many years.

9 Mt. Vesuvius has begun acting up again.

10 Mount Vesuvius hasn't erupted for a good many years.

11 Vesuvius precipitated its fiery , destructive rage on Herculaneum.

12 Vesuvius erupts once in a while.

13 But without any warning, Mount Vesuvius roared to life.

14 The widowed bride of Vesuvius.

15 Beneath Vesuvius 'vine - covered slopes a mighty force was about to break loose.

16 Victim of Mount Vesuvius, Herculaneum, Italy, 1994 A reddish-brown skeleton, belonging to a victim of the infamous Mount Vesuvius eruption, lies partially uncovered in the ancient city of Herculaneum.

17 Rising behind the city was the 4000-foot Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered slope where the shepherds of Pompeii took their goats to graze. Pompeii was a busy city and a happy one.

18 The only active volcano on the European mainland, Vesuvius has erupted frequently since Pompeii and Herculaneum were buried by it in a. d. 79.

19 In 79 A.D., Mount Vesuvius blew its top, burying the ancient cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

20 Mount Vesuvius , which had slept quietly for centuries, erupted with savage violence.

21 He was accidentally killed by going too close to Vesuvius.

22 The latter two are simple destructive plate margin volcanoes, but the Plate Tectonic setting of Vesuvius is a bit complex.

23 The account of his stay in Naples includes a visit to Pompeii and the ascent of Vesuvius.

24 The islands were not visible at all and only the lower slopes of Vesuvius could be seen.

25 The entire Pompeii city was destroyed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A . D .

26 A jaw-dropping feat of volcanic architecture has risen in the Italian city of Nola, just a stone's throw away from the cataclysmic Mt. Vesuvius.

27 Herculaneum, Pompeii and Stabiae were destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius that killed thousands in the year 79.

28 The fame of Ephesus ruin is just about next to the city of Pompeii at the foot of Italy's volcano Mt. Vesuvius .

29 Along with Herculaneum, this Roman city near modern Naples was destroyed and completely buried during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius spanning two days on 24 August year 79.

30 Behind the city of Pompeii stood the 4000 - feet Mount Vesuvius.

1 It was the biggest eruption of Vesuvius for some years.

2 He was accidentally killed by going too close to Vesuvius.

31 Vesuvius is a volcano with a long history of deadly eruption.

32 In two letters to the historian Tacitus, the nephew of Pliny the Elder wrote the only eyewitness account of the great eruption of Vesuvius.

33 Mt . Vesuvius is constantly sending forth steam into the air.

34 You can see the volcano , Vesuvius, in the background.

35 Most of what is known of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius on August 24, 79 AD comes from the writings of Pliny the Younger.

36 On the morning of August 24, 79 AD, Mt. Vesuvius overlooking Pompeii suddenly shuddered and spewed out fiery volcanic ash.

37 The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A . D . spelled the doom of Pompeii.