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  • The Washburn Expedition in 1870 named Old Faithful for its nearly regular schedule of eruptions. It is the grand old geyser of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, because of its frequent and predictable eruptions. The intervals between eruptions average between 45-90 minutes and the average duration is about four minutes. To predict the next eruption, its first continuous surge is timed until the final splash.
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  • The Washburn Expedition in 1870 named Old Faithful for its nearly regular schedule of eruptions. It is the grand old geyser of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, because of its frequent and predictable eruptions. The intervals between eruptions average between 45-90 minutes and the average duration is about four minutes. To predict the next eruption, its first continuous surge is timed until the final splash.
    2007_08_07_Lower Geyser Basin_AA.jpg
  • Having just unearthed more bodies from layers of volcanic ash and pumice, an archaeologist's assistant pauses for a cigarette, kneeling beside a victim of the AD79 eruption of Mount Versuvius over the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. Buried beneath huge amounts of toxic material this person was suffocated and crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be removed from this site on top of a villa roof where, it is calculated, this citizen was one of the last to die, having climbed 4 metres above ground level to await its fate. The Italian man ears a red t-shirt and holds a pick that has scraped and brushed away the soil to reveal the human form which also shows another body beneath. Others litter the rooftop too proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
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  • In the Villa of the Vettii in Pompeii we see a fresco in the lararium where a shrine to Roman guardian spirits of the household was situated. Family members performed daily rituals here to guarantee their protection by these domestic spirits. The first two characters are the deeply venerated 'lares' (presumed sons of Mercury and Lara) depicted as two young men in dancing postures, holding drinking horns that guaranteed prosperity. In the centre is the 'genius'. She is another guardian and fertility spirit ensuring the family line (gens) would continue and she wears the 'toga praetexta', bordered in purple, the garment of high-ranking Roman magistrates. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, these frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of volcanic ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster.
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  • In the evacuation centre of Macondary, villagers  receive fresh water from mobile trucks 6 months after the disater caused by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo which diplaced thousands of people, Philippines.
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  • Villagers cross an enlarged river bed after Mount Pinatubo volcanic eruption which caused the displacement of thousands of villagers that surround the volcano,  Santa Fe, Philippines.
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  • In the foreground a local dog lies down in the afternoon heat on rutted ancient Roman flag stones while in the background tourists walk down the old highway in Pompeii, Italy. Next to his exhausted body, the grooved ruts carved by wooden wheels can still be seen next to a large stepping stone which let chariots ride over the stone yet allowed pedestrians to step over the road. Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania. It was completely buried during a catastrophic eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius on 24 August 79 AD. The volcano covered Pompeii under many metres of ash, and it was lost for over 1,600 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1748. Since then, its excavation has provided an extraordinarily detailed insight into the life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. Today, it is a main tourist attraction of Italy and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pompeii has become a popular tourist destination; with approximately 2.5 million visitors a year, it is the most popular tourist attraction in Italy.
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  • In an archaeologists' shed at the site of further excavations in Pompeii, Italy, the bones of an ancient Roman citizen is spread out on a metal sheet after being uncovered from Volcanic ash and pumice. Pompeii was buried beneath metres of toxic material from Mount Versuvius in May AD79 and this person was suffocated then crushed from falling debris. Preserved in a shell of volcanic material it is to be examined for desease yielding clues as to its lifestyle and eating habits. The skeletal remains are clearly identifiable with spinal column vertibrae, one jaw still containing teeth and various pieces of bone have been recovered. Many bodies littered a rooftop here proving that many survivors of the first eruption perished after the second many hours later.
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  • Crater edge of dormant Vesuvius volcano, near Naples, Italy. Vesuvius last erupted in 1944. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Crater geology of dormant Vesuvius volcano, near Naples, Italy. Vesuvius last erupted in 1944. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Crater geology of dormant Vesuvius volcano, near Naples, Italy. Vesuvius last erupted in 1944. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Crater geology of dormant Vesuvius volcano, near Naples, Italy. Vesuvius last erupted in 1944. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Religious shrine and old lava on the crater edge of Vesuvius volcano, Italy. The Madonna is seen holding a baby Jesus with a smoking volcano in the background. Hardened lava rock has formed a new crust o the crater edge where visitors can view over to see the bottom of the abyss. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Religious shrine and old lava on the crater edge of Vesuvius volcano, Italy. The Madonna is seen holding a baby Jesus with a smoking volcano in the background. Hardened lava rock has formed a new crust o the crater edge where visitors can view over to see the bottom of the abyss. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Tourists' warning sign embedded in lava rock at the dormant crater edge of Vesuvius volcano. Telling visitors not to climb over fences and endanger their lives, the sign shows an exclamation mark. Mount Vesuvius is best known for its eruption in AD 79 that led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. That eruption ejected a cloud of stones, ash and fumes to a height of 33 km (20.5 mi), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 1.5 million tons per second. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • The Bay of Naples (population 3.7m) seen from the south-western slopes of the Vesuvius Volcano which last erupted in 1944. The national emergency plan to protect the inhabitants from a possible eruption of the Vesuvius area has as its baseline the explosive event of 1631. Drafted by the scientific community has identified three areas with different hazard defined: the red zone, yellow zone and the blue zone. The red zone is the area immediately surrounding the volcano, and is in greater danger as potentially subject to invasion by pyroclastic flows, or mixtures of gases and solids at high temperature which, sliding along the slopes of the volcano at high speed can destroy in a short time everything is on its way. Pyroclastic flows probably will not grow at 360 ° in the neighborhood of the volcano, but will head in one or more preferential directions
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  • The Bay of Naples (population 3.7m) seen from the south-western slopes of the Vesuvius Volcano which last erupted in 1944. The national emergency plan to protect the inhabitants from a possible eruption of the Vesuvius area has as its baseline the explosive event of 1631. Drafted by the scientific community has identified three areas with different hazard defined: the red zone, yellow zone and the blue zone. The red zone is the area immediately surrounding the volcano, and is in greater danger as potentially subject to invasion by pyroclastic flows, or mixtures of gases and solids at high temperature which, sliding along the slopes of the volcano at high speed can destroy in a short time everything is on its way. Pyroclastic flows probably will not grow at 360 ° in the neighborhood of the volcano, but will head in one or more preferential directions
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  • The Bay of Naples (population 3.7m) seen from the south-western slopes of the Vesuvius Volcano which last erupted in 1944. The national emergency plan to protect the inhabitants from a possible eruption of the Vesuvius area has as its baseline the explosive event of 1631. Drafted by the scientific community has identified three areas with different hazard defined: the red zone, yellow zone and the blue zone. The red zone is the area immediately surrounding the volcano, and is in greater danger as potentially subject to invasion by pyroclastic flows, or mixtures of gases and solids at high temperature which, sliding along the slopes of the volcano at high speed can destroy in a short time everything is on its way. Pyroclastic flows probably will not grow at 360 ° in the neighborhood of the volcano, but will head in one or more preferential directions
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  • Warning sign of risk on the western slope of Vesuvius with the urban sprawl of Naples in the distance. The national emergency plan to protect the inhabitants from a possible eruption of the Vesuvius area has as its baseline the explosive event of 1631. Drafted by the scientific community has identified three areas with different hazard defined: the red zone, yellow zone and the blue zone. The red zone is the area immediately surrounding the volcano, and is in greater danger as potentially subject to invasion by pyroclastic flows, From the Introduction page of the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014).
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  • Duty Free customer and a picture of the Bay of Naples at Naples airport. The national emergency plan to protect the inhabitants from a possible eruption of the Vesuvius area has as its baseline the explosive event of 1631. Drafted by the scientific community has identified three areas with different hazard defined: the red zone, yellow zone and the blue zone. The red zone is the area immediately surrounding the volcano, and is in greater danger as potentially subject to invasion by pyroclastic flows, or mixtures of gases and solids at high temperature which, sliding along the slopes of the volcano at high speed can destroy in a short time everything is on its way. Pyroclastic flows probably will not grow at 360 ° in the neighborhood of the volcano, but will head in one or more preferential directions
    vesuvius483-30-05-2014_1.jpg
  • Plant life growing in lava rock on slopes of dormant Vesuvius volcano, near Naples, Italy. 70 years after the last major eruption in 1944, nature reclaims the landscape with fragile yet resilient plant life. From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014). "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
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  • In the peristyle of the House of the Vettii in Pompeii is a fresco  where an ancient painted mural to the Greek Goddess Urania was unearthed from volcanic ash after 2,000 years. In Greek mythology, Urania which stems from the Greek word for 'heavenly' or 'of heaven', was the muse of astronomy. Some accounts list her as the mother of the musician Linus, usually depicted as having a globe in her left hand, she can foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars and is often associated with Universal Love and the Holy Spirit. Those who are most concerned with philosophy and the heavens are dearest to her. Painted before the catastrophic eruption of Versuvius in AD79, the frescoes have been uncovered from metre-layers of ash and pumice but are now fading from moisture and cracked plaster.
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  • A close-up detail of the ruins of the Altar at the Aedes Genii Augusti temple at Pompeii. Roman citizens seen on a relief at the side of the forum in the ancient city of Pompei. Being built or renovated around the time of the volcanic eruption in 79 AD, this detail is from the white marble altar depicting the sacrifice of a bull and we see the scene depicting a marketplace where Romans of the empire buy and sell their wares.
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  • The beautiful blue water in the volcanic cavern of Los Jameos Del Agua in El Malpais de la Corona near the village of Haria, Lanzarote, Spain. It was formed by the lava flow from the eruption of the volcano, La Corona, which advanced while the surface solidified.
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  • Warning sign of risk on the western slope of Vesuvius with the urban sprawl of Naples in the distance. The national emergency plan to protect the inhabitants from a possible eruption of the Vesuvius area has as its baseline the explosive event of 1631. Drafted by the scientific community has identified three areas with different hazard defined: the red zone, yellow zone and the blue zone. The red zone is the area immediately surrounding the volcano, and is in greater danger as potentially subject to invasion by pyroclastic flows, From the Introduction page of the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2014).
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  • The Strokkur geyser erupting hurling boiling water some 20 metres high. Strokkur (Icelandic for "churn") is a fountain geyser in the geothermal area beside the Hvita River in Iceland in the southwest part of the country, east of Reykjavik. It is one of Iceland's most famous geysers, erupting about every 4–8 minutes 15 – 20m high, sometimes up to 40m high.
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  • The Strokkur geyser erupting hurling boiling water some 20 metres high. Strokkur (Icelandic for "churn") is a fountain geyser in the geothermal area beside the Hvita River in Iceland in the southwest part of the country, east of Reykjavik. It is one of Iceland's most famous geysers, erupting about every 4–8 minutes 15 – 20m high, sometimes up to 40m high.
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  • Several metres above the ground, a lone protester hangs on to a street light pole in London's Trafalgar Square at the height of the famous Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990 as flames erupt from a building site on The Strand. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
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  • Several metres above the ground, a lone protester hangs on to a street light pole in London's Trafalgar Square at the height of the famous Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990 as flames erupt from a building site on The Strand. Three police officers wearing helmets and riot shields brace themselves for further violence as angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatcher's local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, starting fires and overturning cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
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  • Before it erupts into a full-scale riot, families protest against Margaret Thatchers Poll Tax policy, on 31st March 1990, in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Subsequently, angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
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  • Felicia and Baldassare and De Simons, in their kitchen in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesuvius which last erupted in 1944. Their family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Felicia and Baldassare and De Simons, in their kitchen in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesuvius which last erupted in 1944. Their family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Lemons grow on fertile soil on a smallholding located on the slopes of the Vesuvius volcano, seen in the distance which last erupted in 1944. Growing on land near Somma Vesuviana, the family have owned for generations would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
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  • Local farmer tends crops in a fertile field on his smallholding, located on the slopes of the Vesuvius volcano, seen in the distance which last erupted in 1944.   Tending his plants on land near Somma Vesuviana, his family have owned for generations, he and his elderly family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude," says Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples. "This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world."
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  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine featuring Jesus and the Madonna, Naples, Italy. On a street corner in the city, whose urban area has a population of 3.7 million, and is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. Around 4 million people live in the Naples metropolitan area, one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea. It is also within the administrative evacuation zone should the nearby Vesuvius volcano erupt again, as it last did in 1944. Naples has a total of 448 historical churches, making it one of the most Catholic cities in the world in terms of the number of places of worship.
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  • Silex Spring at Lower Geyser Basin, west Yellowstone National Park. The Lower Geyser Basin possess a large variety of thermal features, including mud pots, geysers, pools, springs, and fumaroles. Great Fountain Geyser is one of the grand geysers in the Lower Geyser Basin. It erupts from a large, terraced platform with massive bursts exploding up to 150 feet high. White Dome Geyser does not have spectacular eruptive displays, but it does have one of the largest pink and white streaked cones in the Park.
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  • Dead trees in the waters of the Lower Geyser Basin, west Yellowstone National Park. The Lower Geyser Basin possess a large variety of thermal features, including mud pots, geysers, pools, springs, and fumaroles. Great Fountain Geyser is one of the grand geysers in the Lower Geyser Basin. It erupts from a large, terraced platform with massive bursts exploding up to 150 feet high. White Dome Geyser does not have spectacular eruptive displays, but it does have one of the largest pink and white streaked cones in the Park.
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  • Riot police officers stand firm nearTrafalgar Square at the height of the Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990, in Westminster, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, starting fires and overturning cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
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  • Riot police officers stand firm in Trafalgar Square at the height of the Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990, in Westminster, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, starting fires and overturning cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
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  • Several metres above the ground, a lone protester hangs on to a street light pole near Londons Trafalgar Square at the height of the Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990, in Westminster, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, starting fires and overturning cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
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  • The clean-up begins the morning after the Poll Tax riot,  on 1st April 1990, in Charing Cross Road, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot04-01-04-1990.jpg
  • A Porsche car burns fiercely outside the theatre where Will Russels Blood Brothers is showing, during the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in St. Martins Lane, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot02-31-03-1990.jpg
  • Boughs heavy with apricots, grapes, lemons and plums are tinged pink by the setting sun on land owned by Baldassare and Felicia De Simons in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boughs heavy with apricots, grapes, lemons and plums are tinged pink by the setting sun on land owned by Baldassare and Felicia De Simons in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy. The local population is 4m and is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. The De Simons family have owned this land for generations and would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Religious edicola (aedicula votiva) shrine dedicated to the Madonna, Naples, Somma-Vesuviana, on the slopes of Vesuvius volcano, Italy. The local population is 4m and is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union. The De Simons family have owned this land for generations and would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boughs heavy with apricots, grapes, lemons and plums are tinged pink by the setting sun on land owned by Baldassare and Felicia De Simons in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Boughs heavy with apricots, grapes, lemons and plums are tinged pink by the setting sun on land owned by Baldassare and Felicia De Simons in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Italian relatives on a rooftop of their home in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says one member. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons (centre) and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • Baldassare and Felicia De Simons (centre) and family surrounded by lemons in their garden in the village of Somma Vesuviana, in the Red (evacuation) Zone on the western slope of Vesvius, Somma, Italy. The family have owned this land for generations, the family would choose to stay if the volcano erupts again. "I was born here, I grew up here, I will die here, I've never been afraid here," says Baldassare. But Giuseppe Mastrolorenzo at the Vesuvius Volcano Observatory in Naples adds, "There would be no modern precedent for an evacuation of this magnitude .. This is why Vesuvius is the most dangerous volcano in the world." From the chapter entitled 'Under the Volcano' and from the book 'Risk Wise: Nine Everyday Adventures' by Polly Morland (Allianz, The School of Life, Profile Books, 2015).
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  • A woman police officer (WPC) stands with white paint plashed over her uniform during a public protest over the Poll Tax policies of Margaret Thatcher's government in 1990. It is dark and the trouble has been growing throughout the evening when the paint was thrown by unknown protesters. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Thatcher's local authority tax, eventually stormed the Whitehall area and then London's West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martin's Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
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  • A lightning bolt spreads across night skies over South London terraced homes. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity accompanied by thunder, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. In the atmospheric electrical discharge, a leader of a bolt of lightning can travel at speeds of 220,000 km/h (140,000 mph), and can reach temperatures approaching 30,000 °C (54,000 °F), hot enough to fuse silica sand into glass channels known as fulgurites which are normally hollow and can extend some distance into the ground. There are some 16 million lightning storms in the world every year.
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  • Riot police officers stand firm in Trafalgar Square at the height of the Poll Tax Riot on 31st March 1990, in Westminster, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, starting fires and overturning cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
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  • A couple kiss near police officers in the middle of the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in Trafalgar Square, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot03-31-03-1990.jpg
  • A Porsche car burns fiercely outside the theatre where Will Russels Blood Brothers is showing, during the Poll Tax riot in the UK capital, on 31st March 1990, in St. Martins Lane, London, England. Angry crowds, demonstrating against Margaret Thatchers local authority tax, stormed the Whitehall area and then Londons West End, setting fire to a construction site and cars, looting stores up Charing Cross Road and St Martins Lane. The anti-poll tax rally in central London erupted into the worst riots seen in the city for a century. Forty-five police officers were among the 113 people injured as well as 20 police horses. 340 people were arrested.
    poll_tax_riot01-31-03-1990.jpg
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