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Originally Posted by Cristie
Was there any gas? Pompeya died because of the gas first then lava.
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I really do not know much about volcanoes or what gasses can kill me, so I could not tell you if there was deadly gas there or not. I do know that the smell of sulfur was almost unbearable. If you can die from sulfur, then I guess the answer would be yes, but I don't think you can.
We also did not stick around too long because it was HOT and this wall of shit you see, thought looks stable, was moving slowly. It would crumble, those red spots would spit lava, a huge rock would come flying out of nowhere, parts would explode and send shit all over.
While I'm snapping pics, my guide says to me, "quickly, quickly, can come down and kill us any time." I was not aware that the lava flowing under the wall could just explode in a large way, but I was informed that it could.
Apparently the last time it erupted, the winds would carry small blobs of lava that were already traveling quickly through the air due to the blast, down the mountain and was just burning through people. They told me people were found missing their head, or torso. Just burned it right off.
This was the info that brought me back to reality.