This stunning satellite photo shows one of the world's most famous and potentially dangerous volcanoes, Mount ... Vesuvius "one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes," according to NASA's Earth ...
On Aug. 24, in A.D. 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted, shooting over 3 cubic miles of debris up to 20 miles (32.1 kilometers) in the air. As the ash and rock fell to Earth, it buried the ancient cities ...