And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Beat me to it, since Vesuvius in on the Italian mainland and this is an island it is Etna. I visited Vesuvius and looked down into the crater back in 2001, it was spooky after having just visited Pompeii.
Mt. Etna on Sicily.
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DeleteYes that's sicily, so mount Etna.
DeleteBeat me to it, since Vesuvius in on the Italian mainland and this is an island it is Etna. I visited Vesuvius and looked down into the crater back in 2001, it was spooky after having just visited Pompeii.
DeleteStill, an awesome picture. EPIC!
ReplyDeletePity that I am retired as I could of used this in my Class! Keep up the great work
ReplyDeleteSpent some time at NAS Sigonella, which is just to the left of the smoke plume.
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