There are many ways for a human being to die after a volcano erupts, and a blast like the one Vesuvius unleashed ... building up from below, in the magma chamber, to blow a hole to the surface.

Calderas, like Mount Vesuvius, consist of a large, cauldron-like hollow that forms after the emptying of a magma chamber during an eruption. Etna is a composite volcano, also called stratovolcano ...

I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.

I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma, ash and gases to escape from below the surface.