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    The volcano was measure to be approximately sixty-five hundred feet high. During the eruption of Mount Vesuvius the entire town was demolished and townspeople were killed, and what was left of the city was preserved under the enormous amounts of volcanic ash. However, there have been two accounts of witnesses from the event, Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger. The town of Pompeii was rediscovered in 1595 while constructing an aqueduct in Italy. The remains of the town were few, but archeologists

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    Ragnarök: Rebirth with a Jökulhlaup? More than a millennia ago vikings set foot upon new land which they called Iceland. With them, amongst their language and culture, they brought their Norse Religion and myths of treachery, bravery, death, and rebirth. Of all their stories, their depiction of the death of their own gods and the rebirth of a new world struck me as a possible interpretation of natural phenomena. By demythologizing Ragnarök could their be a natural event that wound up incorporated

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    The Layers Of The Earth

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    Most people know that Earth is the planet they live on, it’s basic knowledge. They also know that the earth has volcanoes, mountains, earthquakes, etcetera. Do they know though how these features were made? Do they know what is inside of the earth? Most likely, unless related to their job they do not. However, just because someone may not know about it, it doesn’t mean it’s not happening, and all of the earth’s layers working in harmony is definitely happening. Earth is in fact an intricate planet

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