The Sound That Circled the Earth
On August 27, 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa erupted with what remains the loudest sound in recorded human history. The blast was heard on...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 29.
On August 27, 1883, the volcanic island of Krakatoa erupted with what remains the loudest sound in recorded human history. The blast was heard on Rodriguez Island in the Indian Ocean, nearly three thousand miles away — roughly the distance from New York to Dublin. Barometric pressure waves circled the globe multiple times over the following days. Ships forty miles distant reported crewmen's eardrums shattered.…
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