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Jadeite Nephrite
⟶ Updated 30 Nov 2020 ⟶
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"Pliny's mother tells his uncle about a cloud appearing overtop Mount Vesuvius. There had been tremors in the days leading up to this, though this was not out of character for the area of Campania. Winds carry much of the ash to the southeast. The "Plinian phase" of the eruption begins."
"1:oo p.m.: East of the Volcano, ash begins to fall. Pompeii lies just six miles from Vesuvius."
"2:00 p.m.: Pompeii begins to experience ash and then white pumice fall with accumulations continuing at 10-15 cm per hour. There will eventually be a layer 280 cm (3 yards) thick of pumice."
"5:00 p.m.: A roof collapses in Pompeii from the weight of the pumice stone and ash. Fist-sized lithics (rocks) are also falling at a speed of 50m per second on the area. The sun is blocked and thus no natural light was available to the people seeking shelter from the eruption. Many rush towards the harbor of Pompeii. I nto the evening, a gray pumice begins to fall."
"ca. 11:15: The first surge hits Herculaneum, Boscoreale and Oplontis[.]"
"Midnight: The eruption column above Vesuvius has gone from 14 to 33 km in the air. Pumice and ash enter the stratosphere. In the next seven hours, six pyroclastic surges will hit the area."
"1:00 a.m.: A second surge hits Terzigno[.]"
"5:30 a.m. (sunrise): A second surge hits just north of Pompeii[.]"
"6:45 a.m.: A surge destroys Pompeii[.]"
""7:00-7:30 a.m.: Pliny the Elder dies of suffocation at Stabiae after earlier attempting to sail out to check out the impact of the eruption. His nephew, Pliny the Younger, had retired inland from Misenum and on the way met up with many of the crowds fleeing the eruption. The Younger Pliny would survive and later write multiple letters to his historian friend, Tacitus, to tell him about the disaster of 79 CE (Ep. 6.16, 6.20)."
