A year and a half later I returned to Krakatau with the geonauts Thorsten Böckel and Martin Rietze. Strong strombolian eruptions hurled volcanic bombs far beyond the crater area. Isolated lava bombs even landed in the sea.
Video: Krakatoa eruption in 2009
A year and a half later I returned to Krakatau with the geonauts Thorsten Böckel and Martin Rietze. Strong strombolian eruptions hurled volcanic bombs far beyond the crater area. Isolated lava bombs even landed in the sea.
Location: 06.10 S, 105.42 E
Altitude: Anak Krakatau ca. 400 m
Form: Caldera / Stratovolcano
Typ: Island-Arc-volcanism
Petrography: Andesit
Volcanic activity: vulcanian, strombolian