Cassie Washam - Second Posting

Reflection Week 2

While ascending Santorini, I quickly fell in love with the vivid colors, but not the ones above the ground. The layered lines of the pumice and volcanic rock told a story that quickly caught my attention. With each stratified line, another era arose for Santorini. Being the most active volcano  of Greece, its history is daunting for those that inhabit the caldera. It is believed to have brought on the largest eruption in history and possibly the end of the Minoan inhabitants. Between the records found and the carbon dating it is debated if the eruptions overlapped with the Bronze Age and caused the decline of culture at this time. With the naked eye we can gain a faint sense of the history as the layers very so vastly in color. Going through the samples of layers with carbon dating, geologists and historians have been able to recreate a timeline of the eruptions and the civilizations. Although the lava brought an end for many individuals it also preserved a large amount of pottery, houses, and stone layouts of the cities. In the destruction we find history and today we can still see the beauty in this resting beast.



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