#15: Mount Vesuvius
For many of us, the idea that we live on a floating rock that, at any moment, could be affected by things out of our control is beyond true understanding. The solar system in which we exist is so vast, and it isn’t even the whole picture… But one of the things that can allow humans to connect with outer space is seeing images of the earth from far away.

Everyone has heard of Mount Vesuvius, one of the oldest volcanoes known to man. Located in Italy, it is such a big and impressive natural wonder that people have been going to see it and study it for a very long time. The whole itself is so big that you can quite literally see it from outer space…