Krakatau

[drhoz]

One of the books I bought on to my last trip to Sydney was Simon Winchester's Krakatoa - The Day The World Exploded - 27th August 1883Enthralling read. I never knew, for example, that 3 locals had been on the island the day the nearby beach first started erupting. They had to swim to their boat, the ground level was dropping that fast

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[ebenizer]

"your rudder is red hot with repeated electrical strikes."

thank you so much for that

[drhoz]

the captain of the ship in question wasn't very happy about it, that's for sure.

[sarmonster]

I read the book on it, fascinating.

I've got an eye on La Palma and the Juan DeFuca slip for the next set of global excitement.

[intertribal]

I bought my mother that book for Christmas a couple years back (we used to live in Jakarta, and we've gone on vacation to the beach near Anak Krakatau and gone to the little disaster museum... scary as hell, that museum, it's just filled with human and cow skeletons), and she loves the book to pieces, thinks it's fascinating.

Lol at Krakatoa - East of Java.

Location, location, location

[zargon]

Just in case anyone was wondering where that, er, *was* ...

http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-6.114099,105.421715&spn=0.124771,0.169086&t=h&z=13

Re: Location, location, location

[drhoz]

Son-of-Krakatau is getting quite big, isn't he?

Re: Location, location, location

[zargon]

Well, I hope it was the right spot. That's all according to Google Maps. But yeah, that weird volcano-looking shape, with the distinctive glowing red centre? Just a *WEE* bit freaky!

Re: Location, location, location

[drhoz]

yup, that's Anak Krakatau alright. It's grown that big since the 30's. The bigger island to the south is all that's left of Mt. Rakata

[oakenguy]

Oooo, this really puts the Thera eruption into perspective.

[drhoz]

oh yes.