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Pompeii |
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In the twenty-four hours-plus in which the eruption remained active, it is estimated that Vesuvius unleashed thermal energy a thousand times greater than that of the atomic explosion at Hiroshima (for more photos of Pompeii, see Photo Focus: The Ruins of Pompeii). |
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