A 32-hours nightmare: Minute-by-minute reconstruction of the eruption that turned people into glass
The disaster began midday on August 24 or October 24, 79 CE, when Mount Vesuvius erupted, sending a cloud of volcanic fragments and gas into the air.
A 32-hours nightmare: Minute-by-minute reconstruction of the eruption that turned people into glass.(photo credit: Sailorr. Via Shutterstock)