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This picture taken 19 October 2007 shows Anak Krakatau, literally Child of Krakatau volcano in the Sunda Straits that erupted in a gigantic explosion in 1883. Anak Krakatau, which rises out from the sea in the former caldera of Krakatau, lies in the Sunda strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra. The gigantic explosion in 1883 generated a tidal wave that killed approximately 36,000 people. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP) (Photo by JEWEL SAMAD/AFP via Getty Images)The explosions (which could be heard 3,000 miles away) and resulting tsunamis in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra.
Originally published at Associated Press