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# How the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius Blew the Top Clean Off
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/pompeii-the-new-dig/extras/eruption-qjmaq7/
- Published: 2024-05-10T14:15:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-06T17:00:46.000Z
- Description: Professor Chris Jackson describes the warning signs in the hours before the eruption in AD 79.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Pompeii: The New Dig, #ZZZ_Show_08317354-6401-4583-b8d0-525c32306abd, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_924aca8d-f5ca-4e1e-9d1b-46da8a47cda8, #extra

Volcanologist Professor Chris Jackson describes the warning signs in the hours before the eruption in AD 79\. He then explains how the eruption blew the top of Mount Vesuvius clean off, sending a column of ash and rock high into the sky.