The world's known loudest sound. When the Krakatoa volcano erupted in 1883, the sound of the explosion was so loud that it ruptured the eardrums of people 40 miles away, traveled around the world four times, and was clearly heard from 5,000 km away https://t.co/CuXtAqZmoo

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New weekly-ish recap is out: 2.99.14, massive source code drop by Amazon (Krakatoa, XMesh etc.) and AMD, release, and more

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Featured artwork by Sad_Tea

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Beautiful series of images by Eduard Pechuël-Loesche from an 1888 book on the strange skies produced the world-over after the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.⠀⠀

More here: https://t.co/UTAX8292fM

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My O.C -- A.P. Krakatoa (WIP)
I could totally do better, but this is all the time I have for drawing (ugh, college assignments...)

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"El Krakatoa", además de ser el grito del capitán magma, es un volcán que produjo una de las explosiones más poderosas registradas en la era moderna en el año de 1883. Fue tan potente que logró destruir el 70% de la isla de Rakata, en donde se encontraba. https://t.co/sT1kTu3woY

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On 27th August 1883, Island of Krakatoa, Indonesia exploded in a huge volcanic eruption. Sound produced from explosion was loudest in recorded history; sound wave travelled around planet 7 times.

📷 Lithograph by Parker & Coward, Britain.

Detailed Post -
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On 27th August 1883, Island of Krakatoa in Indonesia exploded in a huge volcanic eruption. Sound produced from explosion was loudest in recorded history and sound wave travelled around planet seven times.

📷©: Lithograph by Parker & Coward, Britain.

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"Tsunami following the eruption of Krakatoa on 27 August 1883." Original artwork by Severino Baraldi for World of Knowledge annual, 1981. A coral boulder of estimated 600 tons was transported 100 meters inland by the up to 40 meter high waves
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Hoy es el aniversario de la gran erupción del
La mañana del 27 de Agosto de 1883 la isla explota y colapsa parcialmente generando un gran tsunami que mató a más de 30 mil personas
Dentro hilo!

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1883 : éruption du d’#Indonesie
"Au moins 36,417 décès sont attribués à l'éruption et les tsunamis qu'il a créés"
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August 27, 1883, in the early morning hours explodes & collapses, causing a tsunami wave 40 meter high in the Sunda Strait, killing 30.000 people. The explosion boom is heard in Australia
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On this day in 1883, Krakatoa in Indonesia began to erupt. 36,000 people were killed by the eruption and the resulting tsunami. The effects were felt worldwide. Learn more: https://t.co/2vVv552afV

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late in the evening in 1883, one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history occurred on Krakatoa.

The explosions were heard on Rodriguez Island, 4653 km distant across the Indian Ocean and over 1/13th of the earth’s surface. https://t.co/7X3JLMVRfi

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Was Munch recording in his painting what he saw after the Krakatoa eruption in 1883? Antarctic photo by Stuart Shaw.
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Dans le Cri De Munch, la couleur du ciel n'est pas un coucher de soleil, encore moins l'explosion du Krakatoa comme on l'entend souvent ! Mais un
phénomène météo, portant le nom de « nuages nacrés»

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Bovitoa (bovidae and Krakatoa)
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"800 db" significa 800 decibelios (unidad de medida del volumen / sonoridad)

140 db o más puede causar pérdida auditiva inmediata y mucho dolor

El sonido más fuerte jamás experimentado en la Tierra fue la erupción del Krakatoa (alrededor de 310 db)

100 gecs - 800db cloud

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The Twenty-One Balloons is a whimsical book filled with Rube Goldberg inventions, sharks and the historic eruption of the Krakatoa volcano.

Author William Pène du Bois was born 1916.

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The auction has begun for The Machinist, Neo-Krakatoa, and Holographic Heavens on Exchange Art!

Details Below 👇

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