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Collage of books about volcanic eruptions of Mount Vesuvius and Karkatoa
Daniel Tures, August 24, 2021

Two of history’s most terrifying volcanic eruptions took place in August: Mount Vesuvius, on August 24-25 in 79 A.D., and Krakatoa, on August 26-27 in 1883. Each blasted colossal volumes of burning ash and rock high into the atmosphere and killed thousands of people for miles around.


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