Krakatoa is famous for its devastating eruption in August 1883. The eruption killed about 36,000 people on nearby islands. This creates a huge wave of up to 130 feet ( 40 meters ) high. These waves, called tsunamis, Stranded and the most deaths. Another person was killed by boiling the ash and other material from the volcano. Eruption was about 3,000 miles ( 4,800 kilometers ), has a global effect. Volcanic ash in the atmosphere caused spectacular red sunsets over the next three years in the northern hemisphere. Volcanic ash can also be the reason for the decrease in temperature worldwide, which lasted five years.
On the afternoon of August 26, 1883 Krakatoa exploded with a series of screams heard Rangon - Burma in Perth - Australia. A column of ash and operating system rose pumice 26 km into the sky. Stone dust and rain on the surrounding area and forms a blanket Clound night becomes the day of 150 miles in all directions. Ash from the eruption gradually spread into the atmosphere, creating a spectacular sunset in the world for 2 years.
The end came followoing morning when the stomach is cut in the crust of the Earth - was sunk by the explosion of 18 cubic kilometers of ash stone - collapsing on themselves. The sea rushed in and began when he was in contact with the molten rock to cook. Vomiting tsunami ( tidal wave ) of 10 meters. The waves can be recorded is still a year and a few days and a half later, when he finally rolled on the French coast. The devastation of almost unbelievable proportions Krakatau.
The coastal towns of Anyer and Peacock have been abolished. Nobody knows the exact number of victims of the explosion in human life, even if the number is often quoted 35,000. Witnesses described a wall of water "taller than a coconut tree" swepping everything in its path. In the Gulf Betung in Sumatera, the funneling effect of a narrow bay to increase the wave height of 30 meters, bringing the Dutch warship over 2 km inland.
If the waves had calmed and dispersed dust lost three quarters of Karakatau had disappeared. Peak of Rakata was still too close to its original height, but the northern half is gone, as if cut with a knife, to a cliff 300 meters above the sea fell into two islands, long, and formed new toitaly Sertung, while the remains of the eruption were merged in the more remote islands.
Krakatau and its surroundings remain in a state of flux for some time geology. The new island has been lost in recent years, but continued volcanic activity in the basement, and in January 1928 issued a new crater near the first hole of the volcano Krakatoa erupted. Since then, Anak Krakatau - Karakatau children continues to grow, and is now 150 high. This "baby island" offering scientists an exciting opportunity, the colonization of plants and animals to observe in a new country
The eruption in 1883 destroyed most of Krakatau island. Also led volcanic peaks are below the water surface, forming a boiler submerged ( crater ). Anak Krakatau eruption of 1927 - 1930 was created in the center of the caldera. Used Cars For Sale In Ohio
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