Mount VesuviusIn 1906, an eruption of Mount Vesuvius reached its climax with lava fountains, earthquakes and an eruptive column of ash and gas that reached a height of 13,000-m. The top of Vesuvius was truncated, and formed a crater approx. 500-m diam. and 250-m deep. It had been active since May 1905 with slow lava effusions, and from Jan 1906 some intermittent explosive (strombolian) activity. After its climax, various minor activity occurred until its last eruption in Mar 1944.«[Image: 1906 eruption photograph by American vulcanologist Frank Perret] |