August 1883 saw the world tremble with the eruption of Krakatau, a volcano in the Sunda Strait connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. The Krakatau eruption had an explosive force of a ...

Here, we've ranked the deadliest eruptions in history. Mount Pelée (1902) Death toll: 30,000 It’s considered the worst volcanic disaster of the 20th century. Krakatoa (1883) Death toll ...

Krakatoa's violent 1883 eruption and Anak Krakatau's frequent activity make it a constant danger to nearby populations. Mount Rainier's significant glacial ice poses a threat of devastating ...

One volcanologist who has spent time studying the volcano said the devastation its eruption would cause would be "complete and incomprehensible." ...

THE eruption of Krakatau, from May 20 to the end of August 1883, which killed the vegetation of the three islands of the Krakatau group and destroyed some two thirds of the island of Krakatau ...

Yet the eruption of Mount Toba released the ... resulting in abnormal cooling. When Krakatau erupted in 1883, the huge volume of ash that was shot into the stratosphere blocked sunlight, and ...

In 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa erupted, killing 36,000 people and unleashing a series of terrifying tsunamis. This docu-drama uses eye witness accounts to tell the true story of one of ...

Originally from Thebes, the breadcrumb was found among a cache of previously uncatalogued slides.

Anak Krakatoa emerged from the caldera formed in 1883 by the eruption which destroyed the island of Krakatoa. Fainter stars and galaxies come out to play and auroras can been seen dancing ...