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Aw, not gonna go one notch higher to the Siberian Traps? Bummer.
31:00 actually it reached Herculaneum first at 1 am, then Pompeii fell victim to the surge at 6 am. Oplontis and Stabiae were also among the cities destroyed.
John Dutton will stop the eruption.
That sound track, no thanks.
I expect to see St. Helens, I wasn't expecting Rainer.. I fear the day she wakes up
26:20 the plagues were caused by god
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Good vid
wow yellowstone is so large and big
pls
can I eat lava?
Pliny the Younger observed the explosion of Vesuvius, but he did not record the events until he was an old man.
Mount Saint Helens is actually categorized as a greater blast than Vesuvius in 79 A.D.
hot spots happen under the continent too. Yellowstone, you can see it by the movement of North America
19:16 how could any one within 200 miles survive this destruction? Let alone the breakdown of society and the will to live... Who knew what was happening at the time? I'm sure people on Crete wanted to rush to the mainland to help out their fellow people/family but wow, what a grave mistake that would have been 😢
I love Iceland. I wish i could go back.
Naples is a caldera bigger than Vesuvius!
Wish the history channel actually played stuff like this nowadays
12:06 What do you mean volcanoes have the audacity to change History ? More like we have the audacity to live near them and complain !