Fascinating... Excerpt: The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, in - TopicsExpress



          

Fascinating... Excerpt: The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, in modern-day Indonesia, was loud enough to be heard 3,000 miles away, and weather stations recorded the noise traveling around the globe multiple times over several days. The explosion was so loud that it breached the theoretical limit for sound in Earths atmosphere, creating a shock wave that ruptured the eardrums of listeners 40 miles from the volcano.
Posted on: Thu, 02 Oct 2014 09:20:23 +0000

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