{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a3fd8d96b6690f46a40595d/6a3feb5a89bd8728402924d6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pompeii Eruption - Part 3: Hour by hour inside the eruption’s deadly darkness","description":"A sudden roar. The mountain’s top explodes, and day turns to darkness. In moments, Pompeii’s streets are pelted with ash and stone. Herculaneum faces a wave of fire and gas. The catastrophe is no longer invisible—it’s everywhere, and it’s unstoppable.\r\n\r\nWhen Vesuvius erupted on that August day, it did so with force that defied imagination. Pliny the Younger, writing from Misenum, compared the rising cloud to a pine tree—thick, towering, and branching at the top. Volcanologists now recognize this as the classic Plinian eruption column, blasting pumice, ash, and toxic gases high into the sky.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thedisasterarchive.com/disaster/pompeii-eruption","author_name":"The Archive Network"}