August 1883 saw the world tremble with the eruption of Krakatau, a volcano in the Sunda Strait connecting the Java Sea and the Indian Ocean. The Krakatau eruption had an explosive force of a ...

Orange lava is hotter than red. According to the United States Geological Survey, the deadliest eruption in recent history was Krakatoa in 1883. The major cause of destruction was not lava or ...