This peculiar volcano has been erupting for at least 3,500 years, per the Global Volcanism Program, and activity has been nearly continuous since 2013. It’s
Tag: Italian volcanoes
The Campania Plain, Part 5: Neapolitan Volcano Hazards
Campania has good reason to be proud of its volcanoes: Asleep, these beautiful but strange mountains draw tourists and also serve as ground water aquifers
The Campania Plain: Part 4, Campi Flegrei
Gah! How can anyone live there?!!? Well, from our perspective, Campi Flegrei (the “Burning Fields”) is actually quite pretty. Look for saddle-shaped Vesuvius in the
The Campania Plain: Part 2, Ischia Volcano
No, Italy’s beautiful Monte Epomeo, shown above, is not the volcano. This mountain is “just” a block of 50,0000-year-old greenish ignimbrite pushed up by volcanic
Sir William Hamilton – Lava Walker
Let’s be upfront about the most awesome thing (in modern eyes) this apparent fop ever did: He walked on lava. Look at his eyes.
