Mount Vesuvius

They did, at least the smart ones got out while the getting was good. The eruption was not a sudden unexpected event. There had been warning signs for weeks before the big blast. The ones that remained were the ones who for some reason could not leave or they were simply the type of people who ignored good advise. Proof of the evacuation of the majority of people is in the comparatively low number of bodies found for a town of Pompeii's size.

About 200 buildings were destroyed in the eruption.

More than half of the Pompeii population suffered, if not from suffocating under the stones and ash, most people who stood on the beach awaiting rescue, died from the poisinous gases spewed from Vesuvius.

No. That would be a major news story should it start. Millions of people live in the area around Vesuvius . It is one of the most watched volcanos in the world.

The ruins of Pompeii are world famous. They are located in Italy, southeast of Naples. In 79 AD, the volcano Mount Vesuvius erupted and entombed the city in a deep layer of burning hot volcanic ash. Although they lived at the foot of the volcano, the inhabitants ignored the early rumblings and smoke, all of which had happened before. But this time it erupted, spewing out hot deadly ash, not lava, so the people were suffocated and died where they stood, and everything was covered over by a deep layer of hardened ash.

In 1748 the lost city was rediscovered and excavation was started. Visitors can now walk through the streets and houses and see plaster casts of people and dogs, just as they were when they died in their homes. The original bodies were gone after all these years, but the hardened ash had made perfect molds of the bodies, and plaster can be poured into them to create a 'statue' of the person as he died on that day.

It was caused by two tectonic plates. The African and Eurasian plate, by colliding together. It had many eruptions but the most famous one was in 79 A.D. It killed a town called Pompeii in Italy.

Some of the theories about the origin of the name Vesuvius include: * ** Hercules was son of the god Zeus and Alcmene of Thebes. Zeus was also known as in his aspect as the god of rains and dews. Hercules was thus alternatively known as Huēsou huios (Ὓησου υἱός), "Son of Hues." Transliterating the "ου" as "V" (as is normally done), and the other upsilons (with rough breathing) also by V (rather than the usual "HY") and changing to the Latin nominative ending "us", gives VESVVIVS - Vesuvius. ** From the Oscan word festf which means "smoke". ** From the Proto-Indo-European root ves- = "hearth" This is what I got from wikipedia.

It is active.

The last eruption of mt Vesuvius was in 1944,18 of March.

Some of the effects of the 79 eruption of Vesuvius were of course, the destruction of the area and the preservation of the bodies. This enabled archaeologists and related scientists to carefully reconstruct daily life in a ancient town. We have gained a wealth of historical data from the eruption area and we are learning more every day as the area that was devastated was not only Pompeii and Herculaneum, but Oplontis, Stabiae and Nuceria as well. In Roman times, some of the effects were the loss of property and lives, the changing of the sea coast, and the loss of good farmland. The eruption wiped out the grapes from which the famous (and expensive) Roman wine called Falerian was made.

There are two major factors in how a volcano will erupt: the viscosity of the magma (underground molten rock) and how much gas is in the magma.

Viscosity is the resistance of a liquid to flowing. For example syrup is more viscous than water. Magma varies in viscosity, and the magma that forms glowing red lava flows is of the least viscous type. The magma involved in the eruption that buried Pompeii was far more viscous, so it could not flow easily out of the volcano.

Gas is what drives the explosive force of an eruption. The gas is trapped in the magma under pressure and is released as the magma nears the surface. The more viscous types of magma usually have more gas. This holds true at Mount Vesuvius. Even more gas was probably added as seawater seeped into the volcano and turned to water vapor. When the highly viscous, gas-rich magma of Vesuvius came out, the exploding gasses blasted it into tiny fragments, called ash, and which remained suspended in enormous ash clouds.

It was 8 kilometers (5 miles) away from Mount Vesuvius.

When volcanoes erupt, the lava settles in with the ground and leaves this area very fertile with minerals inside the earth and volcano itself

The diameter of Mount Vesuvius is 6 kilometres.

Yes Vesuvius is expected to erupt again The question is no so much if as when and how violently.

Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.

Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.

Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.

Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.

Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.

Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.

Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.

Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.

Mount Vesuvius devastated Pompeii in August of 79 AD.

The most famous eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE is recorded in a letter from Pliny the Younger to the historian Tacitus. According to this letter, a huge cloud of ash was first noticed about 2 in the afternoon (hora fere septima).

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Volcanic eruptions release huge quantities of various gasses. The most abundant gas typically released into the atmosphere from volcanic systems is water vapor (H2O), followed by carbon dioxide (CO2) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). Volcanoes also release smaller amounts of others gases, including hydrogen sulfide (H2S), hydrogen (H2), carbon monoxide (CO), hydrogen chloride (HCL), hydrogen fluoride (HF), and helium (He). Volcanic gases can rise tens of kilometers into Earth's atmosphere during large explosive eruptions. Once airborne, the prevailing winds may blow the eruption cloud hundreds to thousands of kilometers from a volcano. The gases spread from an erupting vent primarily as acid aerosols (tiny acid droplets), compounds attached to tephra particles, and microscopic salt particles. These gasses and particles can have several global effects due to their quantities and how far they can spread. 1) The particles can encourage cloud formation for quite a while - increasing global cloud cover and causing temporary global cooling.

2) The increased cloud cover and cooling effect can significantly alter global weather patterns - causing more precipitation in some areas and less in others - and of course colder weather with the consequent shift in type of precipitation in the form of ice and snow instead of rain.

3) The released gases can persist for a long time after the cloud formation effect and result in noticeable global warming after the cooling effect has dissipated.

In addition, volcanic eruptions change the landscape by adding or destroying mountains or creating new islands such as those that have formed near Iceland several times over the past few decades. There are also some long-term effects as the volcanic ash and magma break down to form new soil - which tends to be very fertile since it is loaded with nutrients. It takes quite a while for it to break down and form the soil though.

the cost was 36,000,000,000 dollars

Vesuvius' elevation is 1,281.1 meters.

Pompeii was a city buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 A.D.

The eruption also changed the course of the Sarno River and raised the sea beach, so that Pompeii was now neither on the river nor adjacent to the coast. Vesuvius itself underwent major changes - its slopes were denuded of vegetation and its summit changed considerably due to the force of the eruption.

Mount Vesuvius is capable of producing both explosive and effusive eruptions. Its most famous eruption in AD 79 was a highly explosive event that destroyed the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum. However, the volcano has also had eruptions characterized by the slow outpouring of lava flows.