The Powder Toy

Mount Vesuvius by Ulrik54

Ulrik54
Ulrik54
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29th Nov 2014
14th Mar 2023
Best known for its major eruption in AD 79, Vesuvius is a stratovolcano located in the Naples Bay, Italy, being one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes due to more than 3.5 million people living in its hazard zone. It became a national park in 1995.
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Comments

  • TheGunGuys
    TheGunGuys     3rd Dec 2014
    so u like volcanoes?
  • Kikkin
    Kikkin     3rd Dec 2014
    This needs more destructiveness and a MUCH larger explosion...also most of the top should be blown off.
  • DragonSky321
    DragonSky321     3rd Dec 2014
    Yeah, Pompeii was buried in ashes so fast that everyone was trapped in so much ash they made hollow statues. I would think the eruption would be big enough to consume it like BAM. But still cool +1
  • jonnie
    jonnie     3rd Dec 2014
    I thought Pompeii was buried in seconds?
  • medg2312
    medg2312     2nd Dec 2014
    naples is much further away from versuvius then pompeii
  • Swayti14
    Swayti14     1st Dec 2014
    Without ash, I've found that C02 is the next best thing. It moves randomly, and slowly falls to the ground. Most of my volcanoes feature CO2 ash clouds like this.
  • AwesomeGodzilla12
    AwesomeGodzilla12     1st Dec 2014
    Ulrik54: Something tells me you like volcanoes.
  • Ulrik54
    Ulrik54     1st Dec 2014
    Wow. I never expected this to get so popular. THANX!
  • DarthGhostbuster
    DarthGhostbuster     1st Dec 2014
    @TJrox, it would be very hard to create a pyroclastic flow or an ash cloud, considering we don't have the element ASH.
  • TJrox
    TJrox     1st Dec 2014
    Things historically incorrect: 1) Pyroclastic flow not lava flow 2) Almost the entire wountain explodes 3) Ash cloud?...