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The earthquakes, weather events, and tsunamis caused by the Krakatoa eruption of 1883 were felt even thousands of miles away.
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has erupted, spewing ash as high as 2 miles into the air. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation. Open Search.
What spawned from the ash and debris was a new volcano, given the name Anak Krakatau, or “child of Krakatoa.” It literally rose up out of the ocean in 1927 and has been erupting continuously ...
135 years later, communications have obviously advanced quite a bit and now high-definition video of the current rumblings at Anak Krakatau -- a new, smaller volcanic island formed on top of the ...
What spawned from the ash and debris was a new volcano, given the name Anak Krakatau, or “child of Krakatoa.” It rose up from the ocean in 1927 and has been active since then.
The observations made first at Krakatau would be still of great value much later to understand the colonization of devastated or new formed terrain, like the volcanic island of Surtsey in Iceland ...
Lava streams down from Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatoa) volcano during an eruption as seen from Rakata island in South Lampung on July 19, 2018 - file photo. (Photo credit should read FERDI AWED ...
Krakatoa. It’s a name you’ve probably heard before. It’s a volcano. And when it blew in 1883, it sent shockwaves around the globe. Now, it’s erupting again.
Nasa has released a new satellite image of the erupting Krakatoa volcano (labelled 'Anak Krakatau' above) Credit: Nasa Earth Observatory Krakatoa has been erupting sporadically throughout 2020 ...
The eruption of Krakatoa, or Krakatau, in August 1883 was one of the most deadly volcanic eruptions of modern history. It is estimated that more than 36,000 people died.
When the Krakatoa volcano erupted in 1883, it unleashed one of the most violent explosions mankind had ever seen. Ahead of a lavish new BBC drama, Sanjida O'Connell examines how the impact was ...
This week in 1883, Krakatoa, a volcano on an uninhabited island between Sumatra and Java, violently erupted. Volcanic dust spewed into the atmosphere. Huge tsunami waves swept across the region.