Monday, 11 July 2011

Krakatoa - The Day The World Exploded

Current reading:

"The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa."

Book summary and author's note via

Covering a volcanic event in extraordinary detail, this book touches on all things geographic; from plate tectonics and volcanic eruptions to the then location of undersea communication cables and the social geography of the world at the time.

The Phoenix Haboob of July 5th, 2011

The Phoenix Haboob of July 5th, 2011 from Mike Olbinski on Vimeo.

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