the eruption of Santorini
Stato: Mali Anno: 1999 Notizie: Santorini is a small Greek island in the middle of the Aegean Sea. The eruption of Santorini (Thera) around 1628 B.C. was among the largest in the past ten thousand years. Ash produced by Thera reached as far east as Turkey and as far south as Egypt. The sheet shows the comparatively mild eruption of 1645. Santorini is paired with the Tamentit meteorite. This iron meteorite was first reported in the West in 1865. It was found in Tamentit Oasis in the district of Touat in Algeria. The local Arabs venerated the meteorite and considered it their talisman. The main 510 kg mass now resides in the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France. |
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