Mount Vesuvius

Mount Vesuvius is located on Campania, Italy. It is one of several other volcanos that form the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius consists of a big cone partly bordered by the rim of a summit caldera caused by the breakdown of a former and initially much higher arrangement. The height of the main cone has been continually changed by eruptions but was 4,203 feet in 2010. Vesuvius is a stratovolcano at the convergent boundary where the African Plate is being subducted below the Eurasian Plate.…

In 79 CE, August, Mount Vesuvius had a significant eruption, that went on for nineteen hours, burying an ancient Roman city for seventeen centuries. This city was near the modern Naples within the Italian Region of Campania. The buildings and many of the people were buried and lost until the discovery made in 1738. This city is known as the lost city of Pompeii. Mount Vesuvius is a stratovolcano that consists alternate layers of ash and lava. Stratovolcanos have two types of eruption, one…

In this film, the eruption of the once dormant Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E. is discussed. It is a volcano that is right between two tectonic plates, so when an earthquake shook it, it finally exploded. The eruption was one that was 1000 times more powerful than the bomb we dropped on Hiroshima. The town of Pompeii was located just below the volcano, and did not stand a chance against its wrath. At the end of Vesuvius’s eruption, Pompeii was covered in sixteen feet of ash. About sixteen centuries…

Imagine yourself, in bed sleeping. You are relaxed, and it is really quiet outside. But then, the quietness is broken by a huge blast. You look out the window and see Mount Vesuvius has erupted. You decide to stay in your building, thinking you will be protected, but you're not. The heat will soon get up to 250 celsius (482 fahrenheit) and ash will come down on the city. You will be killed, like everyone who is in Pompeii and neighboring cities. You won’t be discovered for over seventeen hundred…

Mount Vesuvius – Italy Hypothesis: The impact of active volcanoes overlooking settlements pose as huge threats. With eruptions of volcanoes comes mud, ash and rocks leading to settlements being buried under the debris. Volcanoes also lead to lava flows and ash-and-gas explosions which damage and destroy many settlements/towns around the volcano. In worst case scenarios, eruptions of volcanoes lead to death of people and wildlife. Therefore we can deduct that a volcano is a geographical problem…

Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius On August 24 around noon in 79 AD, a massive eruption of the volcano Mount Vesuvius began to cause a catastrophic damage that we still talk about today. It happened in the town of Pompeii. An estimated 20,000 people died that day. They died the most horrible death. Very few people escaped the red lava and gassy fumes. How did this come to be on this day? Were there any warnings? What would happen if Mount Vesuvius erupted today? Where is Mount Vesuvius located? Mount…

a population of 20,000 people. It was very busy and was located on the Sarnus River, near the Bay of Naples, about 130 miles south of Rome. The town was located in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius. Rich landowners built elegant houses there. Vesuvius had been asleep for 800 years so nobody thought it would erupt. Vesuvius had solid lava on the top of it so all the lava inside built up and made the volcano erupt. The fumes and ashes suffocated many people. People were burned and died and the town…

Its ancient narrative is told in ash, pumice, and petrified masks of humanity. Mount Vesuvius is well known for its violent past as attested by the hundreds of victims encapsulated for generations. The Roman city of Pompeii lies seven miles southeast of Mt. Vesuvius and in the year 79AD a monumental eruption occurred that left twenty-five thousand people dead and left the area uninhabitable for three hundred…

famous natural disasters in history. Pompeii, Italy is an ancient city that died. Ancient times before Christ, Pompeii was a flourishing city. In AD 79, Mt. Vesuvius erupted trapping thousands in the city under ash and lava; preserving the city for approximately 1700 years. Pompeii was one of the largest cities that was buried by Mount Vesuvius. Since then, excavations have begun and the city of Pompeii began to deteriorate. Currently, the big debate is on whether to discover Pompeii or preserve…

Specific purpose: To inform the audience on what happened to Pompeii. Central Idea: Mount Vesuvius is a dangerous active volcano that has the potential to cause the equivalent damage or worse even today. Introduction I. “I looked round: a dense black cloud was coming up behind us, spreading over the earth like a flood. Many besought the aid of the goods, but still more imagined there were no gods left, and that the universe was plunged into eternal darkness for evermore.” A. These were the words…