maandag 31 maart 2014

What it was like to watch Mount Vesuvius erupt in 1944 - Telegraph

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Ray Small was a wireless operator stationed near Naples when Vesuvius erupted, 70 years ago this month. His daughter shares the gripping letter he wrote to his parents.Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, has erupted more than 30 times since the cataclysmic explosion of AD79, when it destroyed the nearby town of Pompeii. It remains an active volcano and could reportedly erupt again at any time, endangering the lives of three million people who live within 20 miles of its crater.

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