or actually Anak Krakatau, which means, in the Indonesian language, the child of Krakatoa. That latter volcano, of course, blew itself off the face of the earth in 1883, destroying half of the island that it had formed, and leaving a subsea caldera. That in turn depressed the temperature of the planet by .72F, darkened the skies and caused a year of spectacular sunsets and sunrises. It also resulted in the direct deaths 36,417 people.
Ash plume from Anak Krakatau in 2010.
Anak Krakatau came up out of its caldera in 1927 in the the destructive process of rebuilding the island, making the distinction between Anak Krakatau and Krakatoa merely one of human perception. The volcano's 2018 eruption produced a deadly tsunami that killed over 400 people. No deaths have been reported this year, but the ash has ascended to 50,000 feet.
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