The death of the Sun and other tales
Nov. 28th, 2010 09:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ksmithA sobering tale for a Sunday morning about some extreme volcanic events.
One day about 1600 BCE, there was a last perfect day for the citizens of the Minoan settlement of Akrotiri. But at some time on that day the mountain at the center of the island must have signaled that trouble was ahead. The people of Akrotiri read the signs correctly. Among the beautiful tiled walls and artifacts that remain of their town, there is no sign of human remains. It's likely that they evacuated the island before the rumbles from the mountain turned into something more. It's also likely that it didn't matter.
One day about 1600 BCE, there was a last perfect day for the citizens of the Minoan settlement of Akrotiri. But at some time on that day the mountain at the center of the island must have signaled that trouble was ahead. The people of Akrotiri read the signs correctly. Among the beautiful tiled walls and artifacts that remain of their town, there is no sign of human remains. It's likely that they evacuated the island before the rumbles from the mountain turned into something more. It's also likely that it didn't matter.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2010-11-28 09:03 pm (UTC)Seeing that, and knowing that it was all a caldera from a blast buried in history, is enough to paralyse you. You want to run away away away and yet there is a part of your brain which asks, horrified, "Run...? from THIS?..."
no subject
Date: 2010-11-29 12:20 am (UTC)