KRAKATAO - ERUPTION
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
THE WORLD
DISASTERS
Darkness at noon
Ashfrom big erruptions forms dense clouds and can block out the sun. This photograph was takenen after the eruption of Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines in 1991 -- at midday.
Pressure Cooker
The first explosions in Krakatau's magma chamber to the sea. Water rushed in through fissures. and reacted with molten rock to cause a huge build-up of steam-pressure. The resulting blast blew the mountain cone to pieces, hurling out red-hot rocks the size of houses.
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