After yet more computer and Lightroom trouble, I’m back with another small gallery from Italy, this time from Herculaneum.
Herculaneum lay north of Vesuvius; early in the AD 79 eruption the wind blew the ash cloud south to bury Pompeii. The eruption caused most of the residents of Herculaneum to flee. though; which was a good thing because a few days later the wind shifted, the huge cloud of hot gas and ash over Vesuvius collapsed, and the city was incinerated with superheated gas before being buried in 20m of ash. Only about 1/4 or 1/3 has been excavated; the remainder lies under the modern towns of Erculano and Portici. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/Italy-11-2018/Herculaneum/i-GvFLSqR Comments appreciated! Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
