Volcanic disaster most terrible human history

With the destructive power of about 800 million tons of TNT, service Tambora volcano eruption in Sumbawa dated 10/04/1815, Indonesia is a large explosion rocked in the history of mankind.

Tambora volcano on an island of Sumbawa, Indonesia. This volcano 2.772m elevation above the sea. Tambora eruption in 1815 marked the time the most powerful volcanic eruption in modern history.

According to estimates, about 10,000 people died directly from the eruption, and about 70,000 people die from the consequences of climate that it leave.

Before the eruption, Mount Tambora has a height of about 4.300m but then its height to about 2.850m.

Tragedy 72 hours

No one can doubt, the biggest volcanic disaster in modern history occurred just mere ... 3 days.

Every second, around 300-500 million kg Tambora magma injection.(Illustration).

"Waking" dated 04.10.1815 at 7 pm, Mount Tambora eruption started and become a disaster in which tens of thousands of deaths.

It is estimated that around 300-500 million kg spray Tambora magma (magma) per second! Its explosions could be heard from the bottom of Sumatra, erupted from locations around 2.600km.

The impact of the volcanic eruption in 1815.

Health terrible destruction of Tambora

Tambora eruption is estimated to have devastating some 800 million tons of TNT, 14 times stronger than the bomb Tsar.

Create a column of volcanic dust and scattered high as 43km into the atmosphere and dust surrounding the Earth.

Hot lava rivers break out crater about 4,000 meters altitude, making up 10,000 people died due to the evacuation.

Volcanoes produce an ash, dust, lava and gases with a total volume of about 50 billion cubic meters. A sulfur dioxide gas (SO ₂ ) giant also fly into the atmosphere.

Volcanic dust cloud from Tambora caused global temperatures to 0.7 degrees down from 0.4 C.

Volcanic dust cloud from Tambora caused global temperatures to 0.7 degrees down from 0.4 C. A year later, many regions in Europe and North America without a summer.

The dust had covered the sun and makes the year 1816 became cold ranked No. 2 in history. Crop losses and chronic famine occurred throughout Europe and North America.

Even the rivers are frozen Pennsylvania between August summer. Therefore, they have called the fateful 1816 was "the year without a summer".

Mount Tambora today.

Frost makes crops in Canada and the New England region of the US failures.Europe also reeling from the decline in temperature.
After a disaster, crops and the environment is destroyed, the death toll due to lack of food up to 82,000 people.

Joseph Mallord William paintings by Turner describes Tambora volcano disaster.

The consequences of the volcano Tambora also left their mark in science and art.

Scientists believe that the volcanic dust cloud from Tambora is the cause of the birth of many paintings describe sunsets quite strange Mallord William Turner Joseph (1775-1851), a famous British painter.