Spewing lava into the air always made me cringe
Back in the funky 70s, the party didn’t ever stop, Ow! The city of Pompeii was doing alright and then Mt. Vesuvias blew its top, ow ow!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE9fN79Q0-Y
It was pretty spectacular. Watched it from my front porch. The mountain does this two three times a year.