A FIREBALL seen in the sky at Pangandaran. In Yogyakarta, people hear clanging and thudding sounds deep beneath the earth. People are jittery, unnerved: what does all this mean?

A signal perhaps, some of them whisper, from outer space maybe, or from the bottom of the sea. Something suspicious perhaps, others say. Maybe nature and fear have fused, maybe nature and dark mourning are riding one other, and it is no longer clear what is cause and what