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Krakatau Historical

On Sunday August 27 th 1883 at 10.05 .The Sound of Krakatau explosion in 1883 . It's heard in Srilangka, India, Karachi, Australia ( Perth ), Madagascar Island, and reach 3000 miles a way to the Indian Ocean

 

Krakatau Tossed 18-20 cubic kilometer Material of earth 30 Km high in to the atmosphere , the heavy material Back to the earth but the soft material and particles gas and ash rise up to the atmosphere and covering the atmosphere caused radiation of the sun back to the space. The Volcanic gas and ash was circling and traveling around the globe 7 times for 4 days

- Caused Blood Red color , Orange and Fantastic colored sun set, Blue Moon can be seen for 4 – 5 years (1883 – 1888).- Caused Disturbances of radio communication all round the globe for 3 day.

 

The Giant Tsunami about 30 - 40 Meter High and the speed reach about 180 km/h. It was destroyer more than 270 villages around java and Sumatra and more than 36.000 people die by tsunami and most the kids was killed by the Volcanic Gas. On Sunday August 27 th 1883 at 10.05 am the sky was changed suddenly dark and the lighting blasted, rained by black sand, ash and dust. in the distance could be seen the thousands of flame rock flied tossed to the atmosphere from Krakatau , the local peoples said that was Dooms day “ KIAMAT” .the big stone as big as car was land on carita beach, and many prisoners was killed by blasted lighting at Tanjung Layar Light house (Ujung kulon) and the light house was destroy as well. it was reported later.

 

Forty years after the main explosion, in 1927 , volcanic activity was seen in the sea covering the old caldera, between the sites of the two northern most former volcanoes of Krakatau , where the greatest activity had occurred at the time of the cataclysm. A series of eruptions 185 m below the surface of the sea resulted in the emergence of tree new island, one after the other. They were all soon destroyed by surf. A fourth emerged from the sea on August 12 th 1930. It remained above water, and was aptly named Anak Krakatau ( Child of Krakatau ).

 

It grew by the accumulation of ash, and suffered a devastating eruption in 1952, and another very destructive one in 1972. It is now 300 m high and 2 km in diameter, and is still active. The northeast coast, north foreland and east foreland are now vegetated; the succession of vegetation is still at an early stage, Casuarina equisetifolia ((Cemara ) being the dominant tree.