Krakatoa

This forest, just north of where Krakatoa erupted 138 years ago, nurtured an ecosystem unlike any on earth.

But by comparison to modern anthropogenic emissions, even big eruptions like Krakatoa and Mount St. Helens are just a drop in the bucket.

Krakatoa, was, however, only one-tenth as powerful as the April 1815 eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Tambora, which killed 10,000 instantly — incandescent ash flowed 100 miles per hour — and generated winds that uprooted trees.

In 1883, the eruption of Krakatoa shot so many “volcanic aerosol” materials into the sky that it scattered “certain wavelengths of light, leaving the moon tinged an unusual aquamarine at the edge” the Post reported.

In 1883, the eruption of Krakatoa shot so many “volcanic aerosol” materials into the sky that it scattered “certain wavelengths of light, leaving the moon tinged an unusual aquamarine at the edge”, the Post reported.