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.
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The Last Day of Pompeii. Painting by Karl Brullov, 1830–1833 |
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