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22) Pompeii
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Describes the destruction of the city of Pompeii during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, and how its rediscovery nearly 1700 years later provided information about life in the Roman Empire.
24) The Titanic
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An account of the 1912 sinking during her maiden voyage of the luxurious and supposedly unsinkable Titanic, the largest ship in the world at that time.
26) The Challenger
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Examines the Challenger disaster from a scientific and historic perspective and discusses its effect on the space shuttle program.
27) Chernobyl
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Examines the Chernobyl nuclear accident in its historical, cultural, political, and human contexts.
30) The Hindenburg
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Examines the aerial disaster of the Hindenburg zeppelin from a historical, scientific, and human perspective.
31) Hiroshima
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Discusses the events leading to and following the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945, including scientific, historical, political, and cultural contexts.
34) Krakatoa
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Explores the eruption of Krakatoa in its cultural, historical, and geographic contexts and discusses the effect on both people and environment.
35) Blizzard
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A blizzard occurs when severe snow is accompanied by low temperatures and wind. Details development, warning signs, destructive force and self protection for these winter disasters.
38) Earthquake!
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Examines the nature, origins, and dangers of earthquakes and discusses the warning system that predicts and detects them.
39) Earthquake
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A graphic presentation of the causes and results of earthquakes, including research methods scientists employ as they investigate the origin, nature and control of this force.
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