ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 7月15日 05時45分

According to the vulcanologist I was working with, only two other Americans besides I and my assistant @alexdisuvero have ever been to the location from which I took this image. The other two were soldiers who died falling from the lip of the crater to the floor after a drunken night in a local Italian town. One of the great privileges I enjoy as a @ナショナルジオグラフィック photographer is having access to places that normally wouldn't be at the disposal of the public, be it to photograph artificial heart implantation surgery, examine artifacts stored deep in the bowels of famous museums, or, as in this composite image, to stand in the throat of this historic volcano's crater.

Which volcano is it? Head to @Robert Clark to find out!

I took this photo of #Vesuvius in #Italy while working on 'Vesuvius: Asleep for now' for @ナショナルジオグラフィック

I had taken the image while exploring the 'Red Zone' surrounding #Vesuvius, trying to illustrate just how widespread the damage from the initial eruption had been. After a far-reaching survey of the area, it's apparent that Vesuvius has erupted any number of times over the geological history of the region and that as a result, all those who live in it's shadow are at risk of its destructive temper. At a moment's notice, the volcano could become active again and spew a hundred-thousand tons of white-hot ash and searing smoke into the sky, blotting out the sun, leaking toxic gases across the land and utterly disrupting all life in the region, meaning that the populations that have made their new lives in the the 6 municipalities comprising the 'Red Zone' over the last four-thousand years are always to kept on their toes, ready to evacuate at the drop of a hat. @Robert Clark @instituteartist @thephotosociety

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