Krakatau is a volcanic island that is still active and located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra. This name was never pinned on a volcanic peak in there that, because of the eruption on 26-27 August 1883, then vanished. The explosion is very powerful and the resulting tsunami killed about 36,000 people. Until December 26, 2004, this is a powerful tsunami in the Indian Ocean region. The sound explosion was heard up in Alice Springs, Australia and the island of Rodrigues near Africa, 4653 km. Yield is estimated at 30,000 times the atomic bombs that detonated on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of World War II.
The eruption of Krakatau caused global climate change. The world was dark for two and a half days due to volcanic ash that covered the atmosphere. The sun shines dim until next year. Scattering dust visible in the sky Norway to New York.
The explosion of Krakatau is actually still less than the eruption of Mount Toba and Tambora in Indonesia, Mount Tanpo in New Zealand and Mount Katmal in Africa. But these mountains erupted deep in the human population is still very little. Meanwhile, when Mount Krakatau erupted, the human population is dense enough, science and technology has evolved, the telegraph was invented, and submarine cable has been installed. Thus it can be said that at the time of information technology is growing and growing rapidly.
Noted that the eruption of Mount Krakatau is the first major disaster in the world after the invention of the submarine telegraph. Progress is, unfortunately, has not been matched by progress in the field of geology. The geologist was not even able to give an explanation of the eruption.
Noted that the eruption of Mount Krakatau is the first major disaster in the world after the invention of the submarine telegraph. Progress is, unfortunately, has not been matched by progress in the field of geology. The geologist was not even able to give an explanation of the eruption.
On the island of Krakatau was about, vegetation growth has been minimal, especially on the island of Rakata Children can be found only pine trees. In fact, the development of flora and fauna on the island had been halted when Anak Krakatau erupted in 1952 and 1953. Flora that can be found now include coconut (Cocos nucifera), ketapang (Terminalia catappa) and spruce (Casuariana equisetifolia) whereas the presence of commonly seen lizard fauna (Varanus salvator), green turtle (Cholonia Midas), python (Python sp), fruit bats (Pteropus vampirus), bird kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), lizards and butterflies.
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