The Volcanic Eruption That Lowered The Earth’s Temperature

On 27th August 1883, the world would feel a sensation that would have effects for hundreds of years to come... The uninhabited island of Krakatoa blew itself out of existence with an explosion equivalent to the power of 150 million tones of TNT. A sound so loud that it was heard over a twelfth of the Earth’s surface with shockwaves being sent around the entire planet, seven times. An explosion so large it caused a giant tsunami, twice the height of the deadly tsunami in Indonesia in 2004. This gripping story is told in this docudrama and recounts the events leading up to the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Krakatoa in 1883. This film reconstructs the true stories of survivors from their accounts and diaries, as it attempts to piece together what happened in the months leading up to the most famous eruption of all time. Subscribe –