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Mount Vesuvius rests in between the Italian cities of Naples and Pompei on the southwest coast of Italy with three million people living in the region. The International Space Station was orbiting 255 miles above the Tyrrhenian Sea between Italy and its island of Sardegna when an Expedition 61 crewmember took this photograph.

Mount Vesuvius rests in between Naples and Pompei

iss061e006435 (Oct. 15, 2019) --- Mount Vesuvius rests in between the Italian cities of Naples and Pompei on the southwest coast of Italy with three million people living in the region. The International Space Station was orbiting 255 miles above the Tyrrhenian Sea between Italy and its island of Sardegna when an Expedition 61 crewmember took this photograph.

Image Credit: NASA
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