Krakatoa Volcano Eruption

[Penelope Stopit]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GECbIa3Gy4

[bearman68]

Wow, that's impressive. Awesome stuff. I guess all the planes will be grounded for ages now.........

[gazza285]

Just a little one.

[hackjo]

It won't be satisfied with that climax. It usually does better than that.

[Vanden Saab]

bearman68 said:

Wow, that's impressive. Awesome stuff. I guess all the planes will be grounded for ages now.........

[lemmingjames]

loads of earthquakes in America as well

[Penelope Stopit]

bearman68 said:

Wow, that's impressive. Awesome stuff. I guess all the planes will be grounded for ages now.........

There will be eruptions over stopping planes

[Eric Mc]

Strictly speaking, that's not Krakatoa. Krakatoa itself blew itself to pieces in 1883. The island that replaced it is called Anak Krakatoa (Daughter of Krakatoa). It actually blows and pops quite regularly -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anak_Krakatoa

[Jasandjules]

Mother nature is one awesome bi**h.

[kowalski655]

So after WW3, Aussie fires,and covid 19, that's April's horror! What is the bet for May? Aliens? Godzilla?

[lemmingjames]

kowalski655 said:

So after WW3, Aussie fires,and covid 19, that's April's horror! What is the bet for May? Aliens? Godzilla?

Asteroid

[wolfracesonic]

Whereabouts is Krakatoa in relation to Java?

[mike74]

See also... https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/awakening-vol...

I also recall when Eyjafjallajökull went up in 2010, all the experts were saying this was always the precursor for a much bigger eruption from a neighbouring volcano... still waiting for that to happen?

[Smiljan]

wolfracesonic said:

Whereabouts is Krakatoa in relation to Java?

About 400 miles east.

[mike74]

wolfracesonic said:

Whereabouts is Krakatoa in relation to Java?

Stupid question... everyone knows it's West of Java

[Smiljan]

kowalski655 said:

So after WW3, Aussie fires,and covid 19, that's April's horror! What is the bet for May? Aliens? Godzilla?

WW3? Did I sleep through that?

[TeamD]

Smiljan said:

kowalski655 said:

So after WW3, Aussie fires,and covid 19, that's April's horror! What is the bet for May? Aliens? Godzilla?

WW3? Did I sleep through that?

It was a bit of a damp squib. In short, the yanks had a pop at Iran, the Iranians lobbed some missiles at American bases in Iraq and for an encore shot down a plane that had just taken off from Iran.

[mike74]

TeamD said:

It was a bit of a damp squib. In short, the yanks had a pop at Iran, the Iranians lobbed some missiles at American bases in Iraq and for an encore shot down a plane that had just taken off from Iran.

Oh that ww3... I thought you meant the ww3 we were supposed to have had after brexit.

[rallycross]

This was at 11pm last night surprisingly little mention of this on the news. Great clip with the lightening and lava bursts.

When the original Krakatoa blew in the 1880’s it caused a reduction in temperature across the globe.

Today’s equivalent would be if Yellowstone caldera / supervolcano went off big style. There was a 5.2 earthquake today in California which is not that strong (no damage) but is one of the larger seen in the US for a while.

[tobinen]

I wonder what causes the lightning-type effects?