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All about volcanoes,

Vesuvius,

and

Pompeii

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WHAT IS A VOLCANO? ABOUT VESUVIUSPOMPEII

VOLCANO DIAGRAMSWHAT IS A CALDERA?HERCULANEUM

LAVA AND MAGMA PLINIAN ERUPTIONS

TECTONIC PLATES ASH, TUFF, AND TEPHRA

SUBDUCTIONPYROCLASTIC FLOWS

HOT SPOTSLAHARS

 

 

 


 

 

New SiteA Day in Pompeii 9:39 Youtube short about the eruption of August 24-25, 79. This has sound, special effects; you are there, looking out an upper story window. It's scary and eerily fascinating. Sometimes watching is more effective than reading.

" A Day in Pompeii, a Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition, was held at Melbourne Museum from 26 June to 25 October 2009. Over 330,000 people visited the exhibition -- an average of more than 2,700 per day -- making it the most popular traveling exhibition ever staged by an Australian museum.

Zero One created the animation for an immersive 3D theatre installation which gave visitors a chance to feel the same drama and terror of the town's citizens long ago, and witness how a series of eruptions wiped out Pompeii over 48 hours."

 

Mauna Loa started erupting in November 2022, after sleeping for 80 years.
This is a photo, not a painting.

 

Problem Solving Activity: Volcanoes and Climate Change



Mt. Etna in Sicily sits right on the edge of the African plate.
It's a Plinian volcano.

Taal volcano in the Philippines. A Plinian eruption, named for the eruption of
Vesuvius in AD 79. Pliny the Younger's eyewitness description fits this
towering mushroom cloud exactly.