Krakatau, is a volcano that lies in the Sunda Strait of Indonesia, between the islands of Sumatra and Java. It is also called Krakatoa. Much of the volcano is underwater. But some of it projects above the water in the form of the islands Krakatau, Anak Krakatau, Lang, and Verlaten. The volcano rises 2,667 feet (813 meters) above sea level. Krakatau is known for a destructive eruption in August 1883. The eruption killed about 36,000 people on nearby islands. It generated huge waves of up to 130 feet (40 meters) high. These waves, called tsunamis, washed ashore and caused most of the deaths. Other people were killed by scalding ash and other material shot out of the volcano. The eruption, heard nearly 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) away, had global effects. Volcanic dust in the atmosphere caused spectacular red sunsets over the next three years in the Recovering from Infidelity Northern Hemisphere. The volcanic dust may also have been the reason for a worldwide drop in temperature that lasted five years. At the early afternoon August 26, 1883 Krakatau exploded with a series of roars heard from Rangon – Burma to Perth – Australia. A pillar os ash and pumice towered 26 km into the sky. Rock and dust rained over the surrounding region, forming a blanket clound which turned day into night for 150 km in every direction. Ash from the eruption gradually spread throughout the atmosphere, creating a spectacular sunset across the world for 2 years. The finale came the followoing morning, when a gap maw in the earth’s crust – hollowed out by explosion of 18 cubic km of ash rock – collapsed on itself. The sea rushed in and began to boil immediately upon contact witht he molten rock. throwing up tsunamies (tidal waves) 10 meters high.