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In early August, a Dutch topographical engineer, Captain H. J. G. Ferzenaar, investigated the Krakatoa islands. [5] He noted three major ash columns (the newer from Danan), which obscured the western part of the island, and steam plumes from at least eleven other vents, mostly between Danan and Rakata. When he landed, he noted an ash layer ...
Anak Krakatoa: 3 Indonesia: 2018 2018 Sunda Strait tsunami: 416 Ruang: 2 Indonesia: 1871 1871 Ruang eruption and tsunami: 400+ Kilauea: 4 Hawaii, United States: 1790 Keanakakoi eruption: 350 to 400 Mount Mayon: 4 Philippines: 1897 [22] 353 Mount Merapi: 4 Indonesia: 2010 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi: 340 Cotopaxi: 4 Ecuador: 1877 [23] 326 ...
Krakatoa (/ ˌ k r ɑː k ə ˈ t oʊ ə, ˌ k r æ k-/), also transcribed Krakatau (/-ˈ t aʊ /), is a caldera [1] in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung. The caldera is part of a volcanic island group (Krakatoa archipelago) comprising four islands.
On 29 December 1927, Anak Krakatau first emerged from the caldera formed in 1883 by the explosive volcanic eruption that destroyed the island of Krakatoa. There has been sporadic eruptive activity at the site since the late 20th century, culminating in a large underwater collapse of the volcano, which caused a deadly tsunami in December 2018 ...
See images of the deadly lake: They can withstand the deadly waters because of their leathery skin, but their home is in danger. The Tanzanian government is threatening to start mining the lake ...
The disturbing images from the Marcy infirmary have yanked back the curtain on a prison culture advocates and attorneys say is fueled by racism, cover-ups and an us-against-them approach that ...
Crayfish, crawfish and crawdad are all the same animal, but they’re called different names in different regions. The Australian redclaw crayfish are much larger than the species native to the U.S.
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