On this day, 1,944 years ago
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Pretty remarkable that the ~20 feet of ash helped basically take a snapshot of Roman life back then in what was somewhat of a wealthy town.
@89th said in On this day, 1,944 years ago:
Pretty remarkable that the ~20 feet of ash helped basically take a snapshot of Roman life back then in what was somewhat of a wealthy town.
It’s taken the world 1900 years to recover from that ecological disaster. We’re only now getting back to the appropriate global temp…
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Even more remarkable is we have footage of it:
Link to video@89th That was quite interesting.
I assume that many of the people were killed by toxic gas? From what I remember hearing, many of the people they have found were dead in place like they had zero time to try and run.
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always watch the birds, the birds know best
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https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/27/science/vesuvius-brain-glass-study/index.html
Glass rarely forms naturally from organic materials. However, in 2020, researchers discovered a black, glassy substance inside the skull of a person killed during the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
Now, the scientists say they have worked out the sequence of events that likely killed the victim and led to the formation of the unique and puzzling glass, thought essentially to constitute fossilized brain tissue.
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A new analysis of samples of the glass found inside the skull and spinal cord suggests that the person’s body tissue must have been heated to above 510 degrees Celsius (950 degrees Fahrenheit) before cooling rapidly to allow the glass to form in a process known as vitrification.
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The young man’s skull and spine likely protected the brain from “complete thermal breakdown,” allowing fragments of the unique organic glass to form.
