The Fumes from the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE Was So Hot That It Turned One Victim’s Brain Into Glass.
Mount Vesuvius is a somma-stratovolcano in Campania, Italy, about 9 km east of Naples and a short distance from the coast. It is one of the volcanoes that make up the Campanian volcanic arc. Vesuvius is made up of an enormous cone partially surrounded by the steep rim of a summit crater formed by the […]