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 The most famous depiction of the 1833 Leonids , actually produced in 1888 for the Adventist book Bible Readings for the Home Circle . The engraving is by Adolf Vollmy based upon an original painting by the Swiss artist Karl Jauslin, that is in turn based on a first-person account of the 1833 storm by a minister, Joseph Harvey Waggoner on his way from Florida to New Orleans. Similar event was also in 1866. Photos:

    Italiano: Giovanni Crupi (1849-1925), "Taormina - Teatro greco e eruzione di fumo dell'Etna, 18. Maggio 1886". Numero di catalogo: 72.   English: Giovanni Crupi (1849-1925), "Greek theatre - Taormina with the smoke eruption of Mount Etna on May 18 1886". Catalogue # 72.