goauldendelicious:24-25 August AD79 - Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius“The cloud was rising from a mou
goauldendelicious:24-25 August AD79 - Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius“The cloud was rising from a mountain…[we] learned afterwards that it was Vesuvius… It rose into the sky on a long trunk, from which spread several branches. I imagine it had been raised by a sudden blast, which then weakened, leaving the cloud unsupported so that its own weight caused it to spread sideways."It was daylight now elsewhere in the world, but there the darkness was darker and thicker than any night… Then came the sulphur, announcing the flames, and the flames themselves… daylight came two days after…”- Pliny the Younger, Letters 6.16[Vesuvius fresco from the House of the Centenary : http://tinyurl.com/kqug87v][Pierre-Jacques Volaire’s Eruption of Mount Vesuvius : http://tinyurl.com/koyltcv][Plaster cast of dog : http://tinyurl.com/k6r4aof][Skeletons from Herculaneum : http://tinyurl.com/km67x8b][View over Bay of Naples towards Vesuvius : Personal] -- source link