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- Krakatau's eruption has been recognized as "the loudest sound ever made
since mankind was around to note such things" (Winchester 2005)
- "the explosion was heard as far away as 4,653 kilometers to the west
and 3,450 kilometers to the east" (Earth Observatory n.d.).
- the tsunami that resulted from the Krakatau eruption has been compared
to a type "that would be created by a meteor impact or a submarine nuclear blast" (O'Hanlon 2007)
- the gaseous explosion of water being instantly superheated by magma generated
air pressures 60,000 times normal sea level air pressure (O'Hanlon 2007)
- spiders were the first life form to return to the island. "They blew in on silk
sails from other islands" (O'Hanlon 2007)
- due to the particles which spewed into the atmosphere from the volcanoe's eruption,
they caused a filtering effect and consequently cooled ocean waters, which has been said to have slowed global warming (O'Hanlon
2007)
- 3000 people were swept away by the enormous waves that attacked surrounding islands
(Krakatau, Indonesia 1883 n.d.)
- approximately 10% of the total death count was attributed to pyroclastic flows and
hot tephra (Krakatau, Indonesia 1883 n.d.)
- many years following Krakatau's explosion "the earth experienced exotic colours in
the sky, halos around the sun and moon, and a spectacular array of anomalous sunsets and sunrises" (Krakatau, Indonesia 1883
n.d.)
"the volcano peaked 450 meters above sea
level, after the eruption, the top of the volcano sat 250 meters below sea level" (Earth Observatory n.d.)
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