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- 1Weather fears turn people to apocalyptic art●There's nothing else quite like when the atmosphere itself is determined to wash the world as you know it away...utterly
Social media users are reflecting on severe weather that feels capable of washing the world away, calling the atmosphere's power utterly terrifying yet irresistible to the imagination. The discussion draws on John Martin's classic apocalyptic painting "The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum", pairing extreme weather with the art of the master of apocalypse imagery.