Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, prompting alert level to be raised
The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia has erupted, sending an ash column 26,000 feet high and prompting authorities to expand the danger zone around the volcano.
Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii spews lava 700 feet high, leaving visitors "gasping in amazement"
Lava from Hawaii's most active volcano created fountains that reached 700 feet Thursday during the latest episode of an ...
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano puts on dazzling show with lava fountains hundreds of feet high
The most recent eruption episode of Hawaii’s most active volcano has ended after sending fountains of lava hundreds of feet ...
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30,000-year-old fossilized vulture feathers 'nothing like what we usually see' preserved in volcanic ash
"Fossil feathers are usually preserved in ancient mudrocks laid down in lakes or lagoons. The fossil vulture is preserved in ...
Earthquake Rocks Italy's Naples, More Shocks May Follow: 'So Much Fear'
A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck the Italian city of Naples overnight, causing damage to buildings and property and sparking ...
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Queen Mary of Denmark Wears Gold Gemstone Tiara and Bracelet From ‘Fiery’ Mount Vesuvius Not Worn in 140 Years
It was created for Princess Vilhelmine Marie of Denmark in the 1820s with semiprecious stones collected around Mount Vesuvius, an active volcano located on the Gulf of Naples in Italy. The piece ...
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Vesuvius Turned One Victim’s Brain to Glass
By Franz Lidz Five years ago Italian researchers published a study on the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. that detailed how one victim of the blast, a male presumed to be in his mid 20s ...
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Submerged Roman-era villa emerges from Lake Fusaro, stuns archaeologists
Most famously, the supervolcano Vesuvius obliterated Pompei, though some Neapolitans would phrase it differently: the volcano brought the city eternal life. However, Vesuvius is only one major ...
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Vesuvius Erupted, but When Exactly?
The deposits recorded dramatic, increasingly violent pulses from the volcano. At noon on Day 1, Vesuvius began to eject a plume of rocky volcanic fragments and gas into the air, known as an ...
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It was a surprising discovery when scientists examining the remains of a man who died in bed in the ancient city of Herculaneum after Italy's Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD found dark fragments ...
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How did this man's brain turn to glass? Scientists have a theory
This unique brain could rewrite the story of one of history's most famous natural disasters -- and help protect people against this little-understood phenomenon during future volcanic eruptions, the ...
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Ancient Roman guard’s brain turned to glass after Vesuvius eruption
In Scientific Reports, the researchers propose a revised understanding of how Vesuvius claimed its victims. Rather than the common assumption that volcanic flows killed and buried victims ...