Photos Show Killer Volcano Reawakening
An Italian scientist who went to Indonesia in June to photograph Anak Krakatau against the night sky came back with stunning images of the reawakening volcano, London's Daily Mail reported.
Anak Krakatau was spawned by Krakatau, which killed 36,000 people in a huge eruption in 1883 ("anak" means "child"). Marco Fulle, an Italian astronomer and volcano expert, took the photos from June 4 to 8.
Fulle said the volcano is expected to produce another catastrophic eruption someday. Anak Krakatau sprouted from Krakatau's original cone and has been growing steadily since 1927.
"The common opinion is that Krakatau will become again really dangerous when it reaches the size it had been in 1883," he told the Daily Mail. "It was two times taller than now."
Fulle, 51, is part of a group of scientists who contribute to Stromboli Online, a collection of volcano images.
Anak Krakatau erupted in November 2007, but it had been quiet until last spring, the Daily Mail said. Nearly two months after Fulle's trip, it's still rumbling.
Want to know more about Krakatau? San Diego State University's geology department has an overview of the 1883 blast. And if you're hungry for more volcano photos, click through our gallery below on recent eruptions.
Click on the link of the 1883 blast. YOU have to read this to get an idea of what was and could be again. Personally, I don't want any real estate there! As I have stated many times before, "volcanoes and the sun are what YOU need to concern yourself with, not "greenhouse gases and manmade crap".
"Fire On The Mountain",
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