Incredible Image From International Space Station Shows Mount Vesuvius And The Bay Of Naples

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Italy's Mount Vesuvius as never seen before, with an new image from NASA, taken from space. The mouth of the active volcano can clearly be seen in the bottom portion of the image 

Astronaut's View Of A Sleeping Giant: Incredible Image From International Space Station Shows Mount Vesuvius And The Bay Of Naples -- Daily Mail 

 NASA has released an incredible image, taken from the International Space Station, giving a modern perspective on solitary of the for the most part precarious volcanoes in the globe - Mount Vesuvius in Italy.

The image was taken from the observatory module of the International Space Station (ISS) on New Year's Day.

The image shows truly how close the functioning volvano is to the densely populated city of Naples.

Located 9 kilometres (5.6 miles) east of Naples, the fundamental of the volvano can be seen in the photograph, and resembles a nipple.
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