About This Image

Title, negative number and date are reversed out of negative. This is a fine and rare photograph of an important historical event. The most violent eruption on Vesuvius started on April 4th, 1906. The eruption ended in the next few days with the emission of very fine ash. After this eruption the height of the volcano had gone down from 1,335 m to 1,100 m. The fallout deposits were mainly distributed on the E-NE side, affecting predominantly the towns of Ottaviano and S. Giuseppe Vesuviano. The eruption caused heavy tephra falls in the northeastern sector of Vesuvio, causing the collapse of almost all roofs in the towns of that area. Up to 500 people were killed in that event, and it ejected the most lava ever recorded from a Vesuvian eruption.

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