At 1.00 pm on August 24, 79
Mount Vesuvius erupted, ejecting a cloud of stones, ashes and volcanic gases to a height of 21 miles (33 km), spewing molten rock and pulverized pumice at the rate of 7.8×105 cubic yards (6×105 cu meters) per second, ultimately releasing a hundred thousand times the thermal energy released by the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings. The Roman towns of
Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae were buried in rock and ash. Over 2,000 people were killed.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs2DrNIRrbGYpVSIG1SrOVX_F1m_VZsV_yDwNdozmxIhgWmdArLRW2IJfURh1x0GtujrXp46_qK7UI0hw5dZdLXu46vt1JA5yZKJ3I5ZtGlJ_79KbUGkPhnDI-8QbtyKWt-72whMfpzGXf/w640-h450/1280px-Karl_Brullov_-_The_Last_Day_of_Pompeii_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg) |
The Last Day of Pompeii. Painting by Karl Brullov, 1830–1833 |
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