Vesuvius may be considered one of the most deadly volcanoes in the world. In the eruption of AD 79 it killed 2,000 people. The mountain, is perhaps, one of the most fascinating mountains with rich mythology, and origin. It is the most diverse mountain in Europe. To start off, Vesuvius is the most active volcano in Europe, being the only one to erupt in 100 years. Which makes it strange that more people are living around it, than any other volcano region anywhere in the world, two million to be exact! It’s classified as a stratovolcano. That means that it was built up when lava, and other stuff that spewed out of the volcano, hardened; building up layers.Mt. Vesuvius is currently 4300 feet tall. The name may have been derived from a latinized
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Some stories of hercules wrote that he worshipped there with Venus. They also wrote that he travelled there on his journeys, and said the land was full of Giants and robbers. There is/was a town there that is/was named herculaneum. Many people debate over if this town was named after Hercules or not. It is also said that the god Venus and Hercules were worshipping something when the eruption of 79 AD happened. This eruption and many more devastated the people living …show more content…
The mountain also erupted 172 AD, 203 AD, and 222 AD, there are more than twenty-nine eruptions total. Pompeii was hosting about 20,000 people at the time of the most famous eruption. It was also the first eruption, of any volcano, to be described by an eye witness. Pliny the Younger. First, the volcano shot ash and other debris into the sky for twelve miles; that’s more than twice the size of Mt. Everest. Then blazing hot ash, and other debris, that got to temperatures upwards of 1300 degrees Fahrenheit, was thrown down the mountain at speeds of about 70 miles per hour. This phase lasted about one day. the next day there were pyroclastic flows, or lava flows, that came out of the mountain engulfing and smothering everything in their way. Two of them engulfed Pompeii. During the second phase, Pliny the Younger says in his letter “Broad sheets of flame were lighting up many parts of Vesuvius; their light and brightness were the more vivid for the darkness of the night... it was daylight now elsewhere in the world, but there the darkness was darker and thicker than any night.” There were aftershocks and a Tsunami, that hit the bay of Naples, after the eruption had completely finished. The effects of the eruption, it buried Herculaneum 75 feet in ash and it buried Pompeii in only 16’ while covering about 200 square miles. While it was erupting
Some stories of hercules wrote that he worshipped there with Venus. They also wrote that he travelled there on his journeys, and said the land was full of Giants and robbers. There is/was a town there that is/was named herculaneum. Many people debate over if this town was named after Hercules or not. It is also said that the god Venus and Hercules were worshipping something when the eruption of 79 AD happened. This eruption and many more devastated the people living …show more content…
The mountain also erupted 172 AD, 203 AD, and 222 AD, there are more than twenty-nine eruptions total. Pompeii was hosting about 20,000 people at the time of the most famous eruption. It was also the first eruption, of any volcano, to be described by an eye witness. Pliny the Younger. First, the volcano shot ash and other debris into the sky for twelve miles; that’s more than twice the size of Mt. Everest. Then blazing hot ash, and other debris, that got to temperatures upwards of 1300 degrees Fahrenheit, was thrown down the mountain at speeds of about 70 miles per hour. This phase lasted about one day. the next day there were pyroclastic flows, or lava flows, that came out of the mountain engulfing and smothering everything in their way. Two of them engulfed Pompeii. During the second phase, Pliny the Younger says in his letter “Broad sheets of flame were lighting up many parts of Vesuvius; their light and brightness were the more vivid for the darkness of the night... it was daylight now elsewhere in the world, but there the darkness was darker and thicker than any night.” There were aftershocks and a Tsunami, that hit the bay of Naples, after the eruption had completely finished. The effects of the eruption, it buried Herculaneum 75 feet in ash and it buried Pompeii in only 16’ while covering about 200 square miles. While it was erupting