MOUNT VESUVIUS
Mount Vesuvius has become familiar to many people, since many years ago when archaeologists first began searching underneath the buried city of Pompeii, which had been buried from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. It is one of the smallest active volcanoes in the entire world and the only volcano in all of the European continent that is still active.
During the time of when a volcano is active, there are several calm years between its eruptions. Throughout these times people would settle near the mountain. People still settle around Mount Vesuvius toady. They feel safe living there however, they are still living next to practically a live bomb. There are over 2 million people living in the area of Mount Vesuvius.
Mount Vesuvius is part of the Campanian volcanic arc, which is a line of volcanoes that have formed over a subduction zone created by the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates.
Mount Vesuvius
The tip of the volcano was completely blown off splitting Vesuvius into two smaller peaks. The column of ash was 32 kilometres tall.
The fact that there has been quite a lot of activity in this century especially from 1912-1944 makes scientists believe that it is coming to the end of an eruptive cycle which began in the 17th century. Despite the fact that there are no signs of volcanic unrest in Mount Vesuvius at the moment.
During the time of when a volcano is active, there are several calm years between its eruptions. Throughout these times people would settle near the mountain. People still settle around Mount Vesuvius toady. They feel safe living there however, they are still living next to practically a live bomb. There are over 2 million people living in the area of Mount Vesuvius.
Mount Vesuvius is part of the Campanian volcanic arc, which is a line of volcanoes that have formed over a subduction zone created by the convergence of the African and Eurasian plates.
Mount Vesuvius
The tip of the volcano was completely blown off splitting Vesuvius into two smaller peaks. The column of ash was 32 kilometres tall.
The fact that there has been quite a lot of activity in this century especially from 1912-1944 makes scientists believe that it is coming to the end of an eruptive cycle which began in the 17th century. Despite the fact that there are no signs of volcanic unrest in Mount Vesuvius at the moment.