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it's 1200°C so you burn already before your body even hits the lava. During the Pompeji eruption people got killed by the hot ash (arriving first and travels fu
by DyslexicAtheist 6y ago
it's 1200°C so you burn already before your body even hits the lava. During the Pompeji eruption people got killed by the hot ash (arriving first and travels further) which cooked them alive:
> The individuals in the boat houses died relatively quickly: The volcanic ash blocked the entrance to each structure, and the temperature of the air within probably rose to about 400°C—even hotter than a wood-fired oven. -- https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/studies-reveal-gruesome-last-moments-pompeii-volcano-s-victims https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/01/studies-reveal-grues...