Wednesday, August 26, 2009

The anniversary of the eruption...

of Krakatoa occurs today, when 126 years ago one of the largest historically witnessed volcanic eruptions occurred on Earth. The caldera forming event killed more than 30,000 people and about two-thirds of the Indonesian island disappeared.

Today, the volcano is far from quiet as these spectacular images of Anak Krakatoa (taken last month) clearly indicate. Tick. Tock.

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