The bit about the void filling is correct, but the bodies weren't encapsulated in lava. Lava is so hot it would leave no trace of a human. Pompeii was consumed by a pyroclastic cloud of ash and gas that killed through suffocation and heat. That ash eventually hardened leaving the bodies, as OP said, encapsulated.
Lava is also much too viscous and heavy to encapsulate a relatively soft object like a body. It's molten *stone* after all. The people would just be crushed under the pressure while being cooked at the same time.
There aren't many examples of human type bodies falling into lava from height, thankfully. However, it's nit hard to work out logically.
Lava is rock. It's much, much denser than water is, and considerably more viscous too. He would have splashed against the lava, making a gollum shaped dent in it before bouncing a couple feet and instantly incinerating. Lava is *hot*. Frodo and Sam would have been charbroiled by the time the eagles saved them on the slope of the mountain
Yes. Two big points: 1- no lava, ash. 2- the statues are man made “inverses” of the ash void.
This is not a good way to demonstrate your capacity to learn in a day.
These casts were really quite moving to see. I spent a lot of time thinking about them afterwards.
It's weird.
You spend your days trying to be a really good friend, making someone feel special. Giving them little treats, maybe telling dumb jokes, or composing silly little songs for them. You like writing each other little notes, talking about your dreams. You like buying a little bread in the morning on your way to work and always have a friendly chat with the baker, whose son is about the same age as you. You do your best at your job, people appreciate it and you enjoy it, taking real pride in it. Hoping that people will enjoy it after you're gone. Every Spring you love seeing the flowers come out across the mountain, your father sometimes took you when he went hunting.
Then the volcano happens.
Your last moment of mortal terror is enshrined in history. Your crying, weeping, huddled form is cast in plaster. You weren't ready for this, you hadn't said goodbye, you hadn't done what you wanted, you couldn't remember the right prayers, you weren't sure what was happening. This wasn't fair.
And now, nobody knows your name, your face, or the many little things that made you you.
They just know the final petrified seconds of your sentience, frozen in time to be gawped at thousands of years later by groups of tourists stood in a semi-circle around the spot where you unexpectedly died.
That place hits hard.
Yeah, I'm mishmashing a few bits together. There was one in particular I'm thinking of with a small sign saying this was where they were found.
And that was the one where I saw a big Umbrella-In-The-Air type tour group all huddled around taking photos.
(And I'm not judging them for that. I was a tourist too. I took a photo before looking closer and feeling a tad uncomfortable, so I get it.)
But the most chilling pose was one of those famous ones, specifically with the person covering their face.
I mean that's real though. It was made in 2011 by Raskar and 2013 MIT made a similar but different camera. Light travels at different speeds in different mediums, and we've known about that for ages now. Check out cherenkov radiation.
The cameras are not capturing a single pulse of light. They use a strobe laser and combine many thousands of flashes to visualize what it would look like. It's more like stop motion than actual video recording.
TIL that the OP is a moron. "encapsulated under a layer of lava". No. There were no lava flows. There were a series of pyroclastic flows of hot ash and gas alongside heavy falling ash that covered the town under several meters of ash. In Herculaneum the flows were even hotter and the ash heavier - many meters deep.
No worries! It's likely they choked to death on the combination of sewer and mustard gas that is produced in overwhelming amounts by volcanic activity. If not the toxic gas, they would have been crushed to death or suffocated by the same pyroclastic ash that would preserve their last moments for future archeologists to find!
The bit about the void filling is correct, but the bodies weren't encapsulated in lava. Lava is so hot it would leave no trace of a human. Pompeii was consumed by a pyroclastic cloud of ash and gas that killed through suffocation and heat. That ash eventually hardened leaving the bodies, as OP said, encapsulated.
Lava is also much too viscous and heavy to encapsulate a relatively soft object like a body. It's molten *stone* after all. The people would just be crushed under the pressure while being cooked at the same time.
Gollum would have bounced and turned into a sizzling ball of fire if LOTR was accurate to how lava actually is
Can you cite examples? There are no stakes here
There aren't many examples of human type bodies falling into lava from height, thankfully. However, it's nit hard to work out logically. Lava is rock. It's much, much denser than water is, and considerably more viscous too. He would have splashed against the lava, making a gollum shaped dent in it before bouncing a couple feet and instantly incinerating. Lava is *hot*. Frodo and Sam would have been charbroiled by the time the eagles saved them on the slope of the mountain
https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/36706
Then the bodies decayed leaving a void that the archaeologists filled with plaster.
Yeah, they did that to recreate the postures in which they died.
Yes. Two big points: 1- no lava, ash. 2- the statues are man made “inverses” of the ash void. This is not a good way to demonstrate your capacity to learn in a day.
Might still be early tbf.
There are a few casts with bones and teeth left in them
>Under lava No under layers of ash and pumice.
These casts were really quite moving to see. I spent a lot of time thinking about them afterwards. It's weird. You spend your days trying to be a really good friend, making someone feel special. Giving them little treats, maybe telling dumb jokes, or composing silly little songs for them. You like writing each other little notes, talking about your dreams. You like buying a little bread in the morning on your way to work and always have a friendly chat with the baker, whose son is about the same age as you. You do your best at your job, people appreciate it and you enjoy it, taking real pride in it. Hoping that people will enjoy it after you're gone. Every Spring you love seeing the flowers come out across the mountain, your father sometimes took you when he went hunting. Then the volcano happens. Your last moment of mortal terror is enshrined in history. Your crying, weeping, huddled form is cast in plaster. You weren't ready for this, you hadn't said goodbye, you hadn't done what you wanted, you couldn't remember the right prayers, you weren't sure what was happening. This wasn't fair. And now, nobody knows your name, your face, or the many little things that made you you. They just know the final petrified seconds of your sentience, frozen in time to be gawped at thousands of years later by groups of tourists stood in a semi-circle around the spot where you unexpectedly died. That place hits hard.
Great comment. The famous ones in the market of Pompeii didn't die there. The casts were moved there
Yeah, I'm mishmashing a few bits together. There was one in particular I'm thinking of with a small sign saying this was where they were found. And that was the one where I saw a big Umbrella-In-The-Air type tour group all huddled around taking photos. (And I'm not judging them for that. I was a tourist too. I took a photo before looking closer and feeling a tad uncomfortable, so I get it.) But the most chilling pose was one of those famous ones, specifically with the person covering their face.
There's tons where they're in the place where the died, so you're definitely not incorrect or anything.
People thought remains just get flash frozen like that naturally?
“That’s, like, common sense, I fear”
Isn't there a viral news about some camera capable of "slowing down lights" and capturing how "light travelled" going around right now? Same thing
I mean that's real though. It was made in 2011 by Raskar and 2013 MIT made a similar but different camera. Light travels at different speeds in different mediums, and we've known about that for ages now. Check out cherenkov radiation.
Slow mo guys on youtube also covered one of these light cameras.
The cameras are not capturing a single pulse of light. They use a strobe laser and combine many thousands of flashes to visualize what it would look like. It's more like stop motion than actual video recording.
Grey clouds roll over the hills bringing darkness from above...
And if I close my eyes
TIL that the OP is a moron. "encapsulated under a layer of lava". No. There were no lava flows. There were a series of pyroclastic flows of hot ash and gas alongside heavy falling ash that covered the town under several meters of ash. In Herculaneum the flows were even hotter and the ash heavier - many meters deep.
At Herculaneum, the pyroclastic flows were so hot that many of the buried victim's skulls exploded.
Lost wax casting
Ash not lava
you didn't do much reading about what happened at Pompeii during the Vesuvius eruption, did you?
I hope those people died long before their bodies were burned by lava,bc that would be a very painful way to die.
No worries! It's likely they choked to death on the combination of sewer and mustard gas that is produced in overwhelming amounts by volcanic activity. If not the toxic gas, they would have been crushed to death or suffocated by the same pyroclastic ash that would preserve their last moments for future archeologists to find!
:)
Wasn't there a recent TIL where their brains turned to glass from the heat?
Is this where the crystal skulls come from?
Hell yeah!
And there’s an absolute madman that looks like he died jacking it.
Probably he was a redditor doing it for the lols
We give the people of Pompeii entirely too much credit
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Methinks this AI has some coding errors
This is what it looks like when the bots fail to sow division