Object Details
- Creator
- Zurcher
- Book Title
- Volcanoes and earthquakes.
- Caption
- Eruption of Vesuvius in 1737.
- Educational Notes
- Believe it or not: there are over 1,000 active volcanoes around the world! A volcano is considered active if it has erupted within the past 10,000 years. This may sound like a long time, but since the Earth is much older than that, 10,000 years is a short span of time to determine whether or not a volcano is a threat or not. Most volcanoes are along the edges of tectonic plates, and when magma, or molten rock that has not surfaced, from Earths mantle is pushed upward, the volcano erupts and the magma flows out from underground, becoming lava. This image shows the eruption that happened in the ancient city of Pompeii, Italy. The history of Mt. Vesuvius erupting in 79 CE is well-known, but since more than 10,000 years have passed, the volcano has been considered dormant since 1944. This means that the volcano hasnt erupted in the last 10,000 years but is expected by scientists to erupt again because of the information they have gathered about the volcano. If scientists did not think Mt. Vesuvius would ever erupt again, it would be considered extinct.
- 1737
- Publication Date
- 1868
- Image ID
- SIL-39088000635920_0025
- Catalog ID
- 232470
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Type
- Prints
- Place
- Vesuvius (Italy)
- Publication Place
- London (England)
- Publisher
- R. Bentley
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- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Natural Disasters
- Volcano
- Erupt
- Mount Vesuvius
- Earth
- Plates
- Surface
- Lava
- Language
- English
- Record ID
- silgoi_103928
