In 1815, Mount Tambora experienced the largest volcanic eruption in recorded ... From the caldera spewed 24 cubic miles of ash, rock, and gases into the air, including 60 megatons of sulfur. Large ...

Be it lava fountains or ash-choked skies ... In early April 1815, Mount Tambora, a long-dormant volcano on Indonesia’s Sumbawa Island, startled rumbling. Then, on April 10, it exploded in ...

Atmospheric phenomena also manifested in natural spectacles, such as intensely colored sunsets due to volcanic ash particles in the atmosphere ... becoming a linguistic enigma. Mount Tambora remains ...

In the shadow of the world's most infamous volcanoes, history has been shaped by fire and ash. From the catastrophic eruption of Mount Tambora in 1815, which forged a nearly four-mile caldera and ...

The eruption of Mount Tambora killed thousands ... Greg Harlin/Wood Ronsaville Harlin Rapid cooling of burning ash that poured from the volcano formed pumice that choked harbors, disrupting ...

It has only happened once in recent history, when on April 10, 1815, Mount Tambora, in what is now Indonesia, finally erupted after weeks of rumblings. A towering column of ash soared into the ...