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Earth from space: Italy's 'ticking time bomb' plays peek-a-boo through a mysterious hole in the clouds

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Mount Vesuvius is a 4,203-foot-tall ( 1,281 meters ) stratovolcano located next to the city of Naples .

It is most famous for a massive eruption in A.D. 79 , which destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum .

Around 800,000 people live on the volcano's slopes and up to 3 million people live within the potential danger zone.