Basalt prisms in the Infernaccio Valley, Viterbo
Basalt prisms in the Infernaccio Valley, Viterbo, central Italy. Near the vitriol factory. View from the Passo del Gretto over the valley showing the lava flow divided into prisms. Basaltes prismatiques de la Vallee de l'Infernaccio pres de la fabrique du Vitriol, dans le District de Viterbe. Copperplate engraving by Gaetano Riboldi after Papini directed by Giambattista Brocchi from Scipion Breislak's Traite sur la Structure Exterieure du Globe, Treatise on the Exterior Structure of the Globe, Jean-Pierre Giegler, Milan, 1822
Picture No
14009758
Media ID
46694966
Size
6937px x 4827px
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Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Papini
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1822 Atlas Geologique Gaetano Riboldi Geological Atlas Jean-pierre Giegler Lava Magma Mineralogy Prisms Scipion Breislak Viterbo Volcano Volcanology Vulcanology
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