Panoramic view of the southern slope of Pizzo d'Alvano

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Sarno (SA), Campania, central Italy, May 8th 1998

Panoramic view of the slope over Sarno from the near highway.
You can see almost 8 of the mudflows that stroke the small village of Episcopio, near Sarno.
The height of the top of the slope is about 850 meters. (Pizzo d'Alvano is about 1.000 meters).
The greatest part of the mudflows started at 750 meters asl.


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photo by Marco Amanti