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The basin was 100 m (330 ft) deep before the eruption, and 200–300 m (660–980 ft) after. [23] Two nearby sandbanks (called Steers and Calmeyer after the two naval officers who investigated them) were built up into islands by ashfall, but the sea later washed them away. Seawater on hot volcanic deposits on Steers and Calmeyer had caused ...
A thundering sound was heard from the mountain Batuwara [now called Pulosari, an extinct volcano in Bantam, the nearest to the Sunda Strait] which was answered by a similar noise from Kapi, lying westward of the modern Bantam [ is the westernmost province in Java, so this seems to indicate that Krakatoa is meant]. A great glowing fire, which ...
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Every photograph tells a story, and the Facebook page Vestiges of History is an excellent place to learn how to keep them alive.It collects and shares unique photo recreations, where people mimic ...
Perboewatan (also spelled Perbuatan or Perbuwatan; apparently a Malay word of uncertain derivation) was one of the three main volcanic cones (the others being Danan and Rakata) on the island of Krakatoa (or Krakatau), in the Sunda Strait, in Indonesia. It was the lowest (400 ft) and northernmost of the cones.
Images taken before this week's fire show streets filled in and bordered by green vegetation. One set of before-and-after images shows the lush area home to a huge banyan tree at the heart of the ...
The 2009 episode "Krakatoa" of History's geology-based documentary series How the Earth Was Made also chronicles the geologic history of Krakatoa. [14] In a 1991 episode of the TV show Seinfeld, Jerry (in 1985) is tricked by Kramer into donating money to the Krakatoa relief fund, even though it erupted 102 years earlier.
Through striking before-and-after images, see the vibrant River Arts District community marked by the harsh realities of devastation following Helene.