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This is the first 1,000 characters of 440 words (1.76 pages) in the essay titled Vesuvius Vesuvius is famous for the massive eruption in 79 A.D. that buried the towns of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Earthquakes frequently hit this area. The 79 A.D. eruption of Vesuvius was the first volcanic eruption ever to be described in detail. From 18 miles (30 km) of the volcano you could see the eruption. It is estimated that at times during the eruption the column of ash was 20 miles (32 km) tall. About 1 cubic mile (4 cubic kilometers) of ash was erupted in about 19 hours.Around 1:00 pm on the 24 of August a tall cloud of steam and ash rose above Mt. Vesuvius and debris began to fall. In the area around Pompeii the thickness of falling debris increased by 6 to 8 inches per hour. The rocks which comprised the debris were up to 3 inches in diameter, and fell with a speed of up to 100 miles/hour. They may have caused injuries and isolated deaths, and should have, after a few hours, caused the collapse of roofs. The city was soon covered in complete darkness. The residents probably did not even know what kind of event was striking them, and waited in their homes, hoping that the shower of rock would sooner or later come to an end. After 12 hours of continuous explosive activity, a change in the eruptive dynamics occurred. The mouth of the volcano widened such that local gas pressure could no longer push up the tall ash column. The mixture of gas and ash no longer rose up into the sky, but immediately fell back onto the slopes of the volcano, forming glowing avalanches of hot ... |
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Keywords: pompeii and herculaneum, mt vesuvius, ash column, know what kind, volcano, falling debris, mudflows, collapse, lava flows, 360, avalanches, rose, volcanic eruption, massive eruption, cubic kilometers, explosive activity, matter of minutes, earthquakes