Friday 2 April 2010

The disaster of 1883 - Question for Apr. 2nd.

The following is just one of the effects of the 1883 event, that occurred in Indonesia. Identify the event:

The event darkened the sky worldwide for years afterward, and produced spectacular sunsets throughout the world for many months. In 2004, researchers proposed the idea that the blood-red sky shown in Edvard Munch's famous 1893 painting The Scream is also an accurate depiction of the sky over Norway after the event.

Munch said:
"Suddenly the sky turned blood red ... I stood there shaking with fear and felt an endless scream passing through nature."

9 comments:

SKK said...

Volcanic explosion?

Nikhil said...

Krakatoa volcano eruption.

Ankur said...

Valcano Krakatoa erupting

anuj said...

Volcanic eruption

AJ said...

The Krakatoa volcanic erruption in 1883 that caused sunsets all over the world to turn reddish during that year.

Rahul said...

Volcanic eruption?

Gypsy said...

Eruption of a volcano in Indonesia

Sailesh Ganesh said...

The volcanic eruption at Krakatoa?

The Answer said...

The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa.

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