The annihilation of Pompeii and it's residents remains somewhat abstract until you are confronted by the plaster casts made of the cavities formed where bodies were buried alive in the pumice and ash from Vesuvio nearly two thousand years ago...it's only then that the full extent of the tragedy, and the shocking drama of people's final moments, becomes apparent

Nikon F70...Nikkor 24-120mm...Kodak CN400