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On Vesuvius' Crater Rim
![From the upper bus park, looking south over the fertile plain. The walk up to the crater rim starts here.](images/w2017_04_26_IMG_3754.jpg)
![Up on the crater rim now, looking south-west towards Castellamare di Stabia, where we were staying.](images/w2017_04_26_IMG_3756.jpg)
![Maximum zoom into the previous photo, showing Hotel Miramare (arrowed) on the seafront.](images/w2017_04_26_IMG_3757.jpg)
![Looking into the crater, over half a kilometre across.](images/w2017_04_26_IMG_3758.jpg)
![Steam seeping from vents in the crater show that the volcano is merely sleeping.](images/w2017_04_26_IMG_3765.jpg)
![The excavations at Pompeii from the crater rim. You can just make out the grey stone buildings of the town to the right of centre.](images/w2017_04_26_IMG_3775.jpg)
![The island of Capri off in the south-west, 35 kilometres away in the haze.](images/w2017_04_26_IMG_3778.jpg)
Panoramic nearly 180° view of the crater of Vesuvius.
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![Panoramic nearly 180° view of the crater of Vesuvius.](images/w_vesuvius panorama.jpg)