The 3,000-Mile Bang That Was Heard Around the World

The 1883 eruption of Krakatoa was the loudest sound in recorded history, heard 3,000 miles away on Rodriguez. This film traces the May steam vents to the 15-mile-high column on August 26-27, the pyroclastic "Going Dark" at noon, the 42-meter tsunamis that killed 36,417 and the pressure wave that circled Earth seven times. It follows the global aftermath, from 3,000 blood-red sunsets and a blue sun to a 1.2°C cooling and Anak Krakatau growing today.