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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

Let the motherf*er burn.

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 months ago

No, Mother, that's just Aurora Borealis.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

I think most of the people in Pompeii never saw lava. They were buried deep in charcoal-hot ash from a pyroclastic flow moving at over 100km/h.

A tidal wave of white hot charcoal burying everything in the city. Death would have been very rapid as their bodies rapidly underwent pyrolysis, turning them into carbon in the absence of oxygen.

[–] eighty@aussie.zone 11 points 2 months ago
[–] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This looks like a sick breakdancing competition.

[–] modus@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Someone needs to 'shop in the Australian woman.

[–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

They must have been close friends.