POV: Pompeii, 79 AD. You have 18 hours · Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii, 79 AD. You have 18 hours · Mount Vesuvius
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Pompeii, 79 AD: the last 18 hours before Mount Vesuvius buried the town, and why the people who stayed couldn't outrun it.
Time & Space · Ep. 5
Visuals are AI reconstructions; research & narration by Eli. Sources in the pinned comment.
Next: Krakatoa, 1883. You hear it 4,800 kilometres away.
Sources and further reading are listed in the full story: Pompeii, 79 AD: 18 Hours Inside the Eruption of Vesuvius
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Pompeii, 79 AD: 18 Hours Inside the Eruption of Vesuvius
When Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, Pompeii had roughly 18 hours of warning falling from the sky before the pyroclastic surges arrived. Most who stayed did not survive them.
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