Environment-14: "Green Sunsets and Blue Moon!"

January 2, 2009 — suriyodayam

In 1883, the explosion of the volcano Krakatoa released so much dust into the earth’s atmosphere that sunsets appeared green and the moon appeared blue for almost two years!

Courtesy: Chennai Times, Supplement to The Times of India, Chennai, November 22, 2008.

Detailed Wikipedia article on “KRAKATOA”:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa

Grateful thanks to The Times of India and Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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