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The Dramatic True Story Of The Laki Volcanic Eruption
By Sarah Crocker/March 5, 2021 2:52 pm EDT/Updated: March 8, 2021 9:11 am EDT
Today, volcanoes are widely considered to be pretty cool. You would be hard-pressed, after all, to go through life without encountering a book or a documentary that s fascinated by the subject, or, for that matter, an enthusiastic young student who s ready to dramatically reenact some of their favorite historical eruptions.
Of course, this subject may seem real in a very different way to the people who still live in the shadow of an active volcano, like the Neapolitans who can look up everyday to see the peak of Pompeii-destroying Mount Vesuvius.