Home News Striking satellite photo captures Mount Vesuvius peering through a hole in the... News Striking satellite photo captures Mount Vesuvius peering through a hole in the clouds 01/15/2022 1250 0 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter tweet I spy through a gap in the sky, the world’s most dangerous volcano. In this image captured Jan. 2 by the Landsat 8 satellite Mount Vesuvius is clearly visible through a circular hole in the clouds. (Image credit: Joshua Stevens/Landsat/NASA Earth Observatory) One of the world’s most dangerous volcanoes, Mount Vesuvius, appears to “peer up” into the sky through an eerily circular hole in the clouds in this striking satellite image. The Operational Land Imager onboard the Landsat-8 satellite snapped the photo, which was released Jan. 10 by NASA’s Earth Observatory. The volcano’s summit caldera — a large bowl-like depression that forms when a volcano erupts and collapses — is clearly visible in the new image, as well as a section of large mountainous ridge to the north, which is a remnant of Mount Somma — an ancient volcano that once stood in the same spot as Mount Vesuvius, before the newer volcano’s cone grew from it’s center. Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano, meaning that its cone is built from accumulating layers of lava and ash from previous eruptions. It is part of the Campanian volcanic arc, a string of volcanoes in Italy that sits on a boundary between tectonic plates, where the African plate is being subducted beneath the Eurasian plate. It is made up of multiple active, dormant and extinct volcanoes both on land and underwater, including Mount Etna in Sicily, which began erupting again in February 2021, Live Science previously reported. Vesuvius’ most famous eruption simultaneously destroyed and preserved the Roman city of Pompeii, as well as the neighboring town Herculaneum, in A.D. 79. However, lava flows from its most recent eruption in 1944 destroyed the nearby village of San Sebastiano. In total, Mount Vesuvius has had eight major eruptions in the last 17,000 years, based on geological analysis of the layers of lava surrounding it, according to the Earth Observatory. Despite remaining calm since its last eruption, Mount Vesuvius is still classified as an active volcano and occasionally experiences shaking from belowground earthquake activity and gas venting from its summit. It is regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes on the planet because any future eruption has the potential to destroy Naples, an Italian city located 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) northwest of the volcano, which is home to more than 3 million people. n 2011, a study published in the journal Nature described Mount Vesuvius as “Europe’s ticking time bomb.” The Landsat-8 satellite responsible for capturing the image is run by both NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey. Originally published on Live Science. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR News The Internet Can’t Stop Trolling Flat-Earthers With 25+ Hilarious Memes LEAVE A REPLY Cancel reply Please enter your comment! Please enter your name here You have entered an incorrect email address! Please enter your email address here Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. POPULAR POSTS 6 anledningar till varför du aldrig någonsin bör slänga lökskal i soporna igen Sweden admin - 07/09/2019 0 They were together alone … These two had not had any other companionship except each other for 16 years. Animal 11/28/2021 Trophy hunter who targeted elephants and lions gets eaten by crocodiles Animal 12/08/2021 “Draco” Also Known As Flying Dragons Exist And They Are A Real Wonder of Nature Animal 12/20/2021 How Come Capybaras Get Along So Well With Other Species? Animal 10/26/2024 POPULAR CATEGORIESAnimal98Recipes71Science46Photography39History37Space32 MY FAVORITESAnimalPhotographer Captures One In A Million Photo, Doesn’t Realize It Until He Gets Homeadmin - 03/21/20240People4-Year-Old Feels Lonely In Quarantine, Sets Up A Fairy Garden, Her Neighbor Notices And Pretends To Be A Fairy Named Sapphire For 9 Monthsadmin - 12/02/20210PhotographyAmazing 2021 National & Regional Awards Winners of the Sony World Photography Awardsadmin - 12/24/20210AnimalRabbit adopted three stray puppies whose mother was shot: it protects them, feeds and warms them.admin - 01/07/20220 I'M SOCIAL0FansLike0FollowersFollow0FollowersFollow0SubscribersSubscribe
