The fall of 1883 was like no other. In the twilight hours, the sunsets and sunrises beamed with a shockingly vivid red color, tinged with flashes of green and purple. When the night finally arrived, the Moon glowed an oddly blue hue. Although the effects were seen as far as Europe and the Americas, the culprit was the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia, which had just ruptured with one of the deadliest and most destructive volcanic events in recorded history. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

Krakatoa volcano is located in the Sunda Strait between the Indonesian islands of Java and Sumatra.

In May 1883, Krakatoa awoke and started to rumble with volcanic activity, culminating in an intense eruption on August 27. It unleashed

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