How Cosmic Rays Can Image the Throat of an Active Volcano [Video]
- Mon 02 Jan 2012 02:00:PM
The volcano that buried Pompeii in 79 A.D. still rumbles deep down. Last erupting in 1944, Mount Vesuvius poses an ever-present threat to the Italian populations around Naples. Whether the volcano will erupt in Pompeiian proportions again is a question that preoccupies scientists monitoring it , as they hope to predict when Vesuvius will blow and provide adequate warning time.
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