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Image of the Week #71, December 3rd, 2012:
From: How Pompeii Perished by Dana Hunter at Rosetta Stones.
Source: Perrimoon
Drama is no stranger to the ruins of Pompeii. We are all familiar with the casts of people caught in their last moments as they were buried in hot ash following the eruption of Vesuvius in the late summer of 79 AD. But few people are aware of the drama of the actual geological event that spelled the people of Pompeii’s demise. Dana Hunter details it in her post, How Pompeii Perished.
About the Author: Bora Zivkovic is the Blog Editor at Scientific American, chronobiologist, biology teacher, organizer of ScienceOnline conferences and editor of Open Laboratory anthologies of best science writing on the Web. Follow on Twitter @boraz.
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That is a great photo!
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