Krakatoa: The Eruption That Shook the World

# Story Krakatoa didn't just erupt. It erased itself from existence and

painted the sky in colors Earth had never seen. In 1883, this Indonesian

volcano exploded with such violence that sailors 3,000 miles away thought they were under

cannon attack. Shockwaves circled the planet seven times like ripples in a cosmic pond.

The sky itself turned unnatural. Blue moons, purple sunsets, green twilights

haunted every continent for months. Ash clouds so thick they dropped global temperatures for

an entire year. Then came the wave. A 130-foot wall of water that swallowed coastlines whole

and tossed ships kilometers inland like toys. Telegraph wires buzzed with the