How Cosmic Rays Can Image the Throat of an Active Volcano

Cosmic-ray muons that pass through Mount Vesuvius could reveal the interior structure, potentially indicating when the deadly volcano will next erupt.

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The volcano that buried Pompeii in 79 A.D. still rumbles deep down. Last erupting in 1944, Mount Vesuvius poses an ever-present threat to the Italian populations around Naples. Whether the volcano will erupt in Pompeiian proportions again is a question that preoccupies scientists monitoring it, as they hope to predict when Vesuvius will blow and provide adequate warning time.

There is a good video clip of the upcoming NOVA program on the link above. Unfortunately, I cannot embed the video. This should be an interesting program that I will definately have to see. NOVA is one of the few shows that I ever even turn my tv on to watch.

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