fotojournalismus: A rainbow is seen in space as a result of a star cluster millions of miles away, in Castelluccio Plateau, Sibillini Mountains National Park, Sibillini, Italy, Feb. 20, 2012.
[Credit : Maurizio Pignotti/Caters News/Zuma Press]
Seven wonders of the natural world
Photograph: Alberto Incrocci
With a temperament similar to that of Italy’s soon-to-be-former PM Silvio Berlusconi, Mount Vesuvius is a volcano east of Naples. It is the only volcano on the European mainland to have erupted within the last hundred years, but is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. It has erupted many times since and is today regarded as one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world. Likely to be the only European wonder in the top seven