mount vesuvius was destroyed in 79 ad.
mount vesuvius was destroyed in 79 ad.
what happened to mount vesuvius in 79 ad?
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eruption of mount vesuvius in 79









































mount vesuvius, a stratovolcano in modern-day italy, erupted in 79 ad in one of the most famous and deadly volcanic eruptions in european history, which was witnessed and documented by pliny the younger, a roman administrator and poet. 









































mount vesuvius violently spewed forth a deadly cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of , ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons per second, ultimately releasing 100,000 times the thermal energy of the hiroshima-nagasaki bombings.
eruption of mount vesuvius in 79
bullet::::- parícutin (village after which the volcano was named) and san juan parangaricutiro, mexico, by parícutin from 1943 to 1952.









































bullet::::- sale'aula, samoa, by eruptions of mt matavanu between 1905 and 1911.









































bullet::::- piton sainte-rose, reunion island, in 1977









































section::::towns destroyed by tephra.









































tephra is volcanic ash, lapilli, volcanic bombs or volcanic blocks.









































bullet::::- pompeii, italy in the eruption of mount vesuvius in 79 ad









































bullet::::- herculaneum, italy in the eruption of mount vesuvius in 79 ad









































bullet::::- sumbawa island, indonesia in the eruption of mount tambora in 1815 ad
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