Nature has inspired artists for generations. The term art has always conjured visions of beautiful landscapes and natural ...

Mount Etna has again captivated the world with a spectacular show. The volcano that towers over eastern Sicily spewing smoke ...

In 1669, in what has been considered the volcano’s worst known eruption, lava buried a swath of Catania, about 15 miles away ...

In the quiet Vasse district of WA, the evening of 27 August 1883 ... Krakatoa volcano erupted with such immense force, it shattered the island and sent shockwaves racing around the globe. The ...

What happens when a volcano explodes with the force of 200 megatons? The Krakatoa eruption of 1883 was so powerful that it wiped out entire communities, created massive tsunamis, and altered Earth ...

Yet despite its infamy, the 1883 eruption was a rather modest ... by steam from boiling seawater that got inside the volcano. Put simply, the trapped gas pressure helped lower the overall strength of ...

The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD remains one of the most infamous volcanic events in history. This catastrophic eruption buried the ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum under a ...

On August 26, 1883, the first of several eruptions began around 1 p.m. By 2 p.m., an ash cloud rose about 17 miles over Krakatoa. At 10 a.m. the following day — August 27 — the volcano gave way and ...

Dive into the astounding world of sound and explore the loudest noise ever recorded - the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883. From the humble ... 310dB produced by this volcanic explosion, discover ...

Anak Krakatau, a volcanic island in Indonesia, experienced a cataclysmic eruption in 1883 that destroyed the island of Krakatoa and created the caldera—a large depression formed when a volcano e ...