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Worlds biggest explosion recorded on Earth
Posted by Zephyr on 9/19/2011, 12:42 pm
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Posted by Zephyr on 9/19/2011, 12:42 pm
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CtfqNpPpH8k The volcano Tambora, in the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, blew up in April 1815. It was the largest explosion ever recorded on Earth. There was no summer in 1816 because of the volcanic dust that obscured the Sun. Crops failed and livestock died causing the worst famine in the 19th century. |
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Farmers flee as world's deadliest volcano rumbles - ArgosyTn, 9/19/2011, 10:17 am
< Return to message board- Worlds biggest explosion recorded on Earth - Zephyr, 9/19/2011, 12:42 pm
- a much calmer take on it from a volcanologist - cypresstx, 9/19/2011, 11:19 am
- Yup, nothing to see here, move on - Zephyr, 9/19/2011, 2:50 pm
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