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The reddish sky in the background is the artist's memory of the effects of the powerful volcanic eruption of Krakatoa, which deeply tinted sunset skies red in parts of the Western hemisphere for months during 1883 and 1884, about a decade before Munch painted The Scream.
At the time of the 1883 eruption, the Krakatoa group comprised Lang, Verlaten, and Krakatoa itself, an island 9 km (5.6 mi) long by 5 km (3.1 mi) wide. There were also the tree-covered islet near Lang (Poolsche Hoed) and several small rocky islets or banks between Krakatoa and Verlaten.
It was the lowest (121 m) and northernmost of the cones. Perboewatan was completely destroyed during the 1883 eruption; the caldera is approximately 250 metres (820 ft) deep at its former location. [1] Photographed on May 27, 1883 by visitors to the island, Perboewatan is the only cone on Krakatoa of which quality pre-1883 photographs exist.
Rakata (a.k.a. Greater Krakatoa) – Standing 813 metres (2,667 feet) tall, it was the largest and southern-most of three volcanoes that formed the now destroyed island of "Krakatoa" (the others being Danan and Perboewatan), and the only one not obliterated in the eruption of 1883. However, Rakata did lose its northern half in that eruption ...
The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 devastated the area, causing more than 36,000 deaths. In modern times, tourists can hike the mountain, ... Mount Bromo. Indonesia Elevation: 7,641 feet
Krakatoa: Sunda Arc: 6: 26-28 Aug 1883: At least 30,000 dead: Mount Tambora: Lesser Sunda Islands: 7: 10 Apr 1815: Year Without a Summer (1816) 1808 mystery eruption: Southwestern Pacific Ocean: 6: Dec 1808: A sulfate spike in ice cores Long Island (Papua New Guinea) Bismarck Volcanic Arc: 6: 1660: Huaynaputina: Andes, Central Volcanic Zone: 6: ...
Krakatoa, Indonesia: 1883, August 26–27: 6: 21 km 3 (5.0 cu mi) of tephra [22] Mount Tambora, Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia: 1815, Apr 10: 7: 160–213 km 3 (38–51 cu mi) of tephra: an estimated 10–120 million tons of sulfur dioxide were emitted, produced the "Year Without a Summer" [23] 1808 ice core event
Anak Krakatau [notes 1] is a volcanic island in Indonesia.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.