Krakatoa Volcano (Indonesia): Violent Eruption, Ash To 47,000 Ft Altitude (Breaking News)

Volcano Discovery ^ | 4-10-2020

[blam]

A large magmatic eruption is taking place at the volcano right now. Based on satellite imagery, VAAC Darwin spotted a high-level ash and SO2 plume reaching 47,000 ft (15 km) altitude moving WNW.

A strong thermal hot spot is detected as well. Both the webcam on Anak Krakatau Island and from the coast (in 40 km distance) show strong lava fountaining from the volcano.

This seems to be the strongest eruptive phase since the violent phreatomagmatic activity following the partial collapse of the volcano on 22 Dec 2018, which had triggered a deadly tsunami that killed hundreds of people on Java's west coast.

[desertfreedom765]

In about 30 seconds.

[US_MilitaryRules]

Lying in wait! BHO and hitlery.

[Fred Nerks]

A sketch of the gigantic whirlwind in the direction of Honjo-Ishihara. National Museum of Japanese History, Things being uprooted and flying in the air by the power of the deadly fire whirl with flames.

1923 Great Kanto Earthquake

[SkyDancer]

Umm. Nope.

[terycarl]

hail

[R_Kangel]

.... Isn’t this the anniversary of the original eruption ... aka .... the “Explosion Heard Around the World” in 1883?

[palmer]

El Chichon in 1982. The cooling was offset by the warming from a super El Nino. https://www.wired.com/2012/03/looking-back-at-the-1982-eruption-of-el-chichon-in-mexico/

[Lockbar]

Maybe this? Would it be so bad??

[Conan the Librarian]

that was Tambora in 1815. The ‘little ice age’ ended a few years before and then ‘BAM’.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1815_eruption_of_Mount_Tambora

(yes it is wikipedia, but, it’s good for this context. I was a librarian before retirement and it is a good source for general consumption)

[timestax]

Is the “I AM” trying to send us a message during this Holy Week?

Could be !

[oldasrocks]

Predicament? That means we will have a global winter which means no crops growing and the flu that is growing around is going to increase and kill us all faster. But since there be nothing to eat anyway we just as well be dead.

[Mastador1]

Hey please don't be upset, I was only poking a little fun. My granddaughter's favorite movie is Nightmare Before Christmas and Well, Well, Well is something Oogie Boogie, and she, likes to say. it just made me smile when I saw your comment.

HAPPY EASTER!

[Qiviut]

Personally, I do think so.

[A_Former_Democrat]

Gee, Hollyweird should make a movie about this

[spiffy]

My body’s burning like a lava from a Mauna loa. My heart is breaking like a Krakatoa

[Elsie]

you slimy slug!

[Elsie]

and humpy backed camels?

[ROCKLOBSTER]

They’re rioting in Africa
They’re starving in Spain
There’s hurricanes in Florida
And Texas needs rain

Car 54 where are you?

[21twelve]

Thank you. After some other posts I recalled that and was reading about it. Tambora was 10 times more powerful than Krakatoa! Although I did see references to “the year without summer” for Krakatoa as well. (I think for both of them it was several years of noticeable lower temperatures).

The more recent Mt. Pinatubo eruption that closed down our military base in the Philippines also probably caused slightly lower temperatures the following summer (like 1 degree).

[21twelve]

August 27th, 1883.