Krakatoa: The Last Days, Clip 1 - Tsunami

Wide Screen HD Version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQdxFHmaKP0

From the BBC docu-drama, "Krakatoa: The Last Days." The movie is also known as "Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction" and aired on Discovery Channel. The movie brings to life the journals and recollections of four witnesses who survived the cataclysmic eruption of Krakatoa in August of 1883.

This segment features the Beijerinck (Beyerinck) family in the village of Ketimbang, Sumatra. Controller Willem Beijerinck was one of seven assigned to oversee the growth and development of the Dutch colonies. Krakatoa had been building up activity, sending forth little explosions and a column of smoke from May to July. Many viewed this phenomenon as spectacular yet harmless. But to a few, such as Johanna Beijerinck, Willem's wife, this was an ominous sign of terrible things to come. This is her account from her journal.

On August 26, 1883, Krakatoa entered into its paroxysmal phase, with eruptions on a virtually continuous basis and explosions heard every 10 minutes. A black cloud of ash arose from its depths to 17 miles (27km) high. The combined result of such heavy volcanic activity birthed the first of the tsunami that would destroy the coastal villages surrounding the volcano.

If you would like to read Johanna Beijerinck's in-depth account of her family's survival through this volcanic catastrophe, please visit:

Survivor Diary -- Johanna Beyerinck
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/krakatoa/diaries/johanna.html

If you want to see the full docudrama, you can catch it on Discovery Channel, rent it, or buy the DVD at Amazon.co.uk:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Krakatoa-Last-Days-Rupert-Penry-Jones/dp/B000FTJ79G/r...

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[bahrainTVchannel]

Scientists estimated the explosion's sound to be around 180 decibels, which is a great enough force to instantly kill all hearing tissue within a human ear.

For comparison, 180dB is about 13x as loud as a jet engine from 100 ft, or as loud as a rifle shot at point blank range. People 2,200 miles away in Perth, Australia could clearly hear the eruption immediately after the explosion.

where is this in the clip?

[MelodyOfVision]

@bahrainTVchannel - It's not anywhere in this clip because this clip is about the tsunami - you're on the wrong video! :o)

[Kelly14UK]

Isn't Krakatoa WEST of Java?

[MelodyOfVision]

@Kelly14UK - Yes, Krakatoa is west of Java. The movie, "Krakatoa: East of Java" (1969) had it wrong.

[beaverfeaver12]

@MelodyOfVision so is this movie correct, did the volcano actually create a tsunami and everything??

[MelodyOfVision]

@beaverfeaver12 - This movie is based on diaries of people who went through it. When the volcano became active and destroyed itself, it displaced a lot of water and thus created all those huge tsunami (and all that ash, and all the pyroclastic flows/surges, etc.).

[gabrielgv]

I survived that day by holding the door, like in 6:59. FEEL LIKE A NINJA!!

[TheArief0007]

enggak bisa ngomong2 apa2 :X

[commander801]

krakatoa erupted on my birthday

happy august 27th

[AngeliaClaire]

Where can I find This whole movie?

[mrlego611]

@StraightEdgeReviews he actually jumped in the lava. Look closely at the scene during the eruption.

[Einhander49]

@agneumeyer Oh its quite natural, my friend.

[yudiweb]

Krakatau nothing than Tambora, and Tambora nothing than Toba, OMG.

[KASKUSNodokaMiyazaki]

my dad hear that , he live at sumatra

[SamelAlmeida]

@bahrainTVchannel hey man, in video, it's the first explosion and the tsunami. the explosion that ou says, it's the last explosion

[ginjaninja1988]

@bahrainTVchannel The explosion would not have been immediately heard in Perth. It would have taken the sound quite some considerable time to reach there. Sound doesn't travel that fast.

[TheMichaelArchie]

The Super Volcano in this world is "Lake Toba" !