The eruption of Vesuvius

The eruption of Vesuvius



Vesuvius Mount Vesuvius (Italian: Monte Vesuvio), dated August 25, 79 BC (2000 years ago) shocked the world with its eruption will be remembered in history, located in the eastern part of Napoli Italy (40 ° 45 '2 "N, 14 ° 29 '23 "E). The explosion itself was destroyed and buried the city of Pompeii with ash as high as 5-6 meters of volcanic ash and lava heat until it was rediscovered in the 18th century. When the city of Pompeii were found relatively intact and human corpses were also found in the form of a framework and a relatively intact clad volcanic ash so it is still visible shape.
The blast claimed the lives of so great and the story about the explosion of Vesuvius was immortalized by Pliny, Jr. (nephew of one of the Roman naval officer time). Writing about the testimony of Pliny was debated by experts for dubious picture of the explosion which was written in his book, but in the end the scientists rehabilitate its name because it was considered such a blast - it could happen (later named Pliny Eruption).
City of Pompeii itself is a town in the power of the Roman empire, built with amazing architecture and has laid the foundation of urban well, such as laying the building is higher than 20-30 cm flat ground and also the availability of wide roads and drains (sewers). And a stepping stone to the intersection so that people do not get wet when it rains through the cloak. People then use donkeys and horse-drawn carriage as a means of transportation in his city. Life in Pompeii when it is said by a source to save lives that God mengazabkan kamaksiatan eruption to eliminate the city, waalahuallam bishowab (evidence of being frozen corpses copulating freely similar or even homosexuals are found in the excavation, and the number of places prostitution). A business there tend to be odd, the water business urine to peddle copies sold and bought by entrepreneur businessman as laundry detergent clothes (supposedly eliminates fat acid in urine on clothing) is proved in temukannya several large laundry and bath tub washing large, uniquely wash work is done by the slaves at the time of the slave in perjual traded. Vesuvius blast himself in the open with its billowing smoke soar which is then followed by a rain of pumice that rained city of Pompeii, this pumice stone to make walls and roofs of houses collapsed due to the overload. The earthquake also had a small earthquake shook the city was the result of excessive activity of magma beneath the earth's crust. And a few hours later to meet the city gas and toxic gas making its residents dying. Stages stages are enough to make the people of pompeii dead as if made slowly and without being able to save themselves. Pyroclastic flows into the closing stages of the stage. Many bodies were found in a skeleton's head was split due to excessive heat, so can imagine circumstances when the eruption occurred. Pyroclastic itself is one result of volcanic eruptions that moves quickly and consists of hot gas, ash and rock (known as tefra). This flow can move from a volcano with a speed 700 km / h. Gas may reach temperatures above 1000 degrees Celsius.

Vesuvius is a supposedly biggest eruption in history, but some say that the eruption of Tambora (Dompu, Sumbawa, Indonesia) in 1815 were its explosive sound was heard up to thousands of thousands of miles and billowing clouds rising as high as level 43 Km stratosphere! This explosion made Europe and the United States have dark because sunlight blocked volcanic ash that has been orbiting the earth and raises a fantastic effect in the form of a reddish color during the afternoon. Even in European crop failure due to the Tambora eruption. Maybe I'll pick up on the other posts regarding this Tambora eruption. So .. do not forget to come back to my blog this.