16/12/2019 16:42
Anak Krakatau: Giant blocks of rock litter ocean floor
Shattered remnants from the volcano that generated a devastating tsunami in Indonesia a year ago have been pictured on the seafloor for the first time.
Scientists used sonar equipment to image the giant chunks of rock that slid into the ocean when one side of Anak Krakatau collapsed.
Some of these blocks are 70-90m high.
Their plunge into the water produced tall waves that tore across the shorelines of Java and Sumatra on 22 December 2018.
Over 400 people around the Sunda Strait died in the nighttime disaster, and thousands more were injured and/or displaced.