Stone pine on the Palatine : Featured photos taken in Italy

Stone pine on the Palatine

Pliny the Younger described the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD as being in the shape of a stone pine: "I cannot give you a more exact description of its appearance than by comparing to a stone pine tree; for it shot up to a great height in the form of a tall trunk, which spread out at the top as though into branches."

• Date: November 2007
• Photographer: Wardsan: gallery
• Uploaded: 27th Feb 2008
• Location: Rome, Italy: gallery
• Tags: rome
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