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  2. Mount Vesuvius - Wikipedia

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    From the 1631 eruption until 1944, there was a comparatively small eruption every few years, emitting 0.001–0.01 km 3 of magma. For Vesuvius, the amount of magma expelled in an eruption increases roughly linearly with the interval since the previous one, and at a rate of around 0.001 cubic kilometres (0.00024 cu mi) for each year. [ 76 ]

  3. Pompeii Airfield - Wikipedia

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    The Twelfth's 340th Bombardment Group with their North American B-25 Mitchell medium bombers occupied the airfield on January 2, 1944. When Mount Vesuvius erupted in March 1944, the B-25s were covered with hot ash that burned the fabric control surfaces, glazed, melted, or cracked the Plexiglas, and even tipped some B-25s onto their tails from ...

  4. Many Know of Mount Vesuvius. Few Realize There’s a More ...

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    As for Vesuvius, the volcano has calmed down since its last eruption in 1944, exhibiting only “low seismicity and fumarolic activity,” says Pappalardo, which is the emission of gasses such as ...

  5. File:Vesuvius in Eruption, newsreel (1944).ogv - Wikipedia

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    Vesuvius_in_Eruption,_newsreel_(1944).ogv (Ogg multiplexed audio/video file, Theora/Vorbis, length 6 min 14 s, 768 × 576 pixels, 923 kbps overall, file size: 41.16 MB) This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons .

  6. The Biggest Volcanic Eruptions in Human History

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    A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Mount Vesuvius has erupted eight times in the last 17,000 years, most recently in 1944, but the big one was in A.D. 17. One of the most violent eruptions in history ...

  7. 50 Unforgettable Historical Photos That Tell Stories ... - AOL

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    Spectators viewing the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Gulf of Naples, Italy. 1944. Image credits: history.season #21. Tourist and his car at the edge of the Grand Canyon. Arizona, USA. 1914.

  8. List of volcanic eruptions by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD: 10,000+ Laki and Grímsvötn: 4 Iceland: 1783 Laki 1783 eruption [1] ... Mount Vesuvius: 3 Italy: 1944 [6] 25 Villarrica: 2 Chile ...

  9. List of volcanic eruptions 1500–2000 - Wikipedia

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    1944 117 [163] 3 Mount Vesuvius [64] Italy 1944 20 Most recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Eruption took place during liberation of Italy by American and British soldiers. [171] Destroyed original village of San Sebastiano al Vesuvo. Extreme damage to the city of Naples in form of ash and building collapses. 1 Dieng Volcanic Complex [148 ...