Origins of Vesuvius - III
The destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum
It was not just, Pliny, in his death, because, although many of the inhabitants of the Vesuvian cities were able to find a way to escape, the sudden and overwhelming rain of ash and lapilli meant that not a few of them died in the streets. If we consider the above-mentioned effective narrative that relates to site location at a safe distance, it is conceivable that that occurred on the slopes of the volcano.
The cities themselves were out of sight, buried under at least 6 feet eruptive materials, and like many other things, with the passage of time, were buried in the memory. The desolate expanses that had seen life vibrant and rich, and were now avoided being superstitious terrors. For many centuries it remained completely forgotten. Today, however, thanks to comparative studies with similar volcanoes of Vesuvius, are clarified many aspects of that eruption that well described by Pliny the Younger, were considered spoiled by too fanciful. In particular, the different features of the phenomena that affected Pompeii and Stabia than Herculaneum: the former were overwhelmed by a rain of ash and lapilli that, unless an interval of a few hours (death trap for many who returned in search of loved ones and objects precious), fell unbroken.
Herculaneum was not invested in the first phase, but almost twelve hours later, and, until the recent discoveries, it was thought that all the inhabitants were put into a safe. Different was the nature of the phenomena that affected this small town, much more elegant and refined business of Pompeii and Stabia.In fact, the giant pine eruptive materials taken to collapse and, as a result of the wind, a hellish mixture of hot gases, ash and water vapor, hit the area of Ercolano. Those that were open were perhaps better luck, instantly vaporized, who being at the shelter has left a death that, though rapid, had tremendous features. The phenomenon is now known as "glowing cloud". Eruption of 79 AD, Vesuvius had many periods of activity alternating with rest intervals. In 472, he threw such a large amount of ash, which spread throughout Europe and filled with alarm even Constantinople. In 1036 there was the first eruption with lava spill. This eruption was followed by five more, the last of which took place in 1500. These were followed by a long rest for about
130 years, during which the mountain is covered with gardens and vineyards again as before. The inside of the crater was covered with shrubs.
Eruption of boiling water
In 1631 there was another terrible eruption of Vesuvius, which covered lava most of the countries on its slopes. In this eruption, Naples was directly threatened, which occurred very rarely. In memory, even today, is the statue of the patron saint Gennaro at the Maddalena bridge, facing Vesuvius. In addition to this calamity created torrents of boiling water escaping from the volcano, which produced more appalling destruction. There were by this time, numerous eruptions, that would be tedious to mention in detail, but two of them are worthy of note. During an outbreak of February 1848, a column of steam
about 15 feet high, rose from the crater, presenting a variety of colors, and immediately they sprang up after ten circles, white and green blacks that took the form of a cone. Similar appearance was observed in 1820. More recently, in May 1855, a large flow of lava, a 70 meters wide, flowed into a big crevasse about 300 meters deep. The first part of this split is a cliff, and here, the fall in lava formed a magnificent cascade of liquid fire.
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It was not just, Pliny, in his death, because, although many of the inhabitants of the Vesuvian cities were able to find a way to escape, the sudden and overwhelming rain of ash and lapilli meant that not a few of them died in the streets. If we consider the above-mentioned effective narrative that relates to site location at a safe distance, it is conceivable that that occurred on the slopes of the volcano.
The cities themselves were out of sight, buried under at least 6 feet eruptive materials, and like many other things, with the passage of time, were buried in the memory. The desolate expanses that had seen life vibrant and rich, and were now avoided being superstitious terrors. For many centuries it remained completely forgotten. Today, however, thanks to comparative studies with similar volcanoes of Vesuvius, are clarified many aspects of that eruption that well described by Pliny the Younger, were considered spoiled by too fanciful. In particular, the different features of the phenomena that affected Pompeii and Stabia than Herculaneum: the former were overwhelmed by a rain of ash and lapilli that, unless an interval of a few hours (death trap for many who returned in search of loved ones and objects precious), fell unbroken.
Herculaneum was not invested in the first phase, but almost twelve hours later, and, until the recent discoveries, it was thought that all the inhabitants were put into a safe. Different was the nature of the phenomena that affected this small town, much more elegant and refined business of Pompeii and Stabia.In fact, the giant pine eruptive materials taken to collapse and, as a result of the wind, a hellish mixture of hot gases, ash and water vapor, hit the area of Ercolano. Those that were open were perhaps better luck, instantly vaporized, who being at the shelter has left a death that, though rapid, had tremendous features. The phenomenon is now known as "glowing cloud". Eruption of 79 AD, Vesuvius had many periods of activity alternating with rest intervals. In 472, he threw such a large amount of ash, which spread throughout Europe and filled with alarm even Constantinople. In 1036 there was the first eruption with lava spill. This eruption was followed by five more, the last of which took place in 1500. These were followed by a long rest for about
130 years, during which the mountain is covered with gardens and vineyards again as before. The inside of the crater was covered with shrubs.
Eruption of boiling water
In 1631 there was another terrible eruption of Vesuvius, which covered lava most of the countries on its slopes. In this eruption, Naples was directly threatened, which occurred very rarely. In memory, even today, is the statue of the patron saint Gennaro at the Maddalena bridge, facing Vesuvius. In addition to this calamity created torrents of boiling water escaping from the volcano, which produced more appalling destruction. There were by this time, numerous eruptions, that would be tedious to mention in detail, but two of them are worthy of note. During an outbreak of February 1848, a column of steam
about 15 feet high, rose from the crater, presenting a variety of colors, and immediately they sprang up after ten circles, white and green blacks that took the form of a cone. Similar appearance was observed in 1820. More recently, in May 1855, a large flow of lava, a 70 meters wide, flowed into a big crevasse about 300 meters deep. The first part of this split is a cliff, and here, the fall in lava formed a magnificent cascade of liquid fire.
When You book a Pompeii tour Pompeii tour, with us You'll realize how beautiful and magic this city is.
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