1. The famous eruption of 79 CE buried Roman cities in a time capsule
Pompeii
The famous eruption of 79 CE buried Roman cities in a time capsule

2. Mediterranean Volcanoes

3. Naples and Vicinity

4. Vesuvius and Monte Somma

5. Crater of Vesuvius, pre-1944

6. Crater of Vesuvius

7. The 1944 Lava Flow

8. The 1944 Lava Flow

9. Funiculi, Funicula….

10. Street Scene in Pompeii

11. Roman Fast Food

12. Roman Plumbing

13. The Gladiator School

14. A Minor Mystery

15. Victim of Vesuvius

16. Victims of Vesuvius

17. Ash Flows from Vesuvius

18. Volcanic Explosivity Index
VEI
Classification
Description
Ejecta volume
Frequency
Hawaiian
non-explosive
> 1000 m³
daily 1
Strombolian
gentle
> 10,000 m³ 2
Vulcanian
explosive
> 1,000,000 m³
weekly 3
Pelean
severe
> 10,000,000 m³
yearly 4
Pelean/Plinian
cataclysmic
> 0.1 km³
10 yrs+ 5
Plinian
paroxysmal
> 1 km³
50 yrs+ 6
Ultra-Plinian
colossal
> 10 km³
100 yrs+ 7
super-colossal
> 100 km³
1000 yrs+ 8
mega-colossal
> 1000 km³
10,000 yrs+

19. Vesuvius, March 1944

20. Pliny: “Like a pine tree”

21. Vesuvius 1631 and 1694