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"Ultimate Blast: Eruption at Krakatau" has been aired on Discovery Channel, as part of the Moments in Time series. The 1883 eruption is reconstructed in the BBC Television docudrama Krakatoa: The Last Days, first broadcast in May 2006. It was broadcast in the U.S. as Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction on the Discovery Channel.
Krakatoa: The Last Days (also titled Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction in the U.S. on the Discovery Channel) is a BBC Television docudrama that premiered on 7 May 2006 on BBC One. The program is based upon four eyewitness accounts of the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, an active stratovolcano between the islands of Sumatra and Java, present day ...
The eruption destroyed two-thirds of the island of Krakatoa. Eruptions in the area since 1927 have built a new island at the same location, named Anak Krakatau (which is Indonesian for "Child of Krakatoa"). Periodic eruptions have continued since, with recent eruptions in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, and a major collapse in 2018.
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A.D. 79: Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Mount Vesuvius has erupted eight times in the last 17,000 years, most recently in 1944, but the big one was in A.D. 17. One of the most violent eruptions in history ...
By 25 August, the Krakatoa eruptions intensified. At about 1:00 pm on 26 August, the eruption entered its climactic phase. By 2:00 pm, a black ash cloud could be seen 27 km (17 mi) high. At this point, the eruption was almost continuous, and explosions could be heard every ten minutes. By 5:00 pm, the explosions were audible all over Java.
The agency says the possible cause of the tsunami were undersea landslides after the Krakatoa volcano erupted. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...
The eruption is in a very remote area of the park with the nearest road about four miles away, but Hayes said air quality near the eruption area is still of concern. The park has an air-monitoring ...