Krakatoa
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
On May 10, 1883, a lighthouse keeper on a point in the Java Sea felt the foundations of the lighthouse move. The sea seemed to turn white, as though momentarily frozen, like a terrifying mirror...
These were the signs of the onset of the huge tsunami and Krakatoa eruption that Simon Winchester notes and depicts in his book Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883.
On May 10, 1883, a lighthouse keeper on a point in the Java Sea felt the foundations of the lighthouse move. The sea seemed to turn white, as though momentarily frozen, like a terrifying mirror...
These were the signs of the onset of the huge tsunami and Krakatoa eruption that Simon Winchester notes and depicts in his book Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883.
From various historical documents, we know just how frightening this dis
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