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White clouds hang in the sky that looks Sundanese blue net, Saturday last week. Vaguely visible gray mountains standing firm in the middle of the sea, enclosed three green hills.

The tourist flow out from the Passenger Ship Safety Jatra III and meet the ship deck.. "Since," click amazed to see the tourists when the mountain cluster in the middle of the sea near. From the sound of the ship heard the mountain guide shows gray is the Mount Anak Krakatau.

. Travelers also to enshrine equal grandeur volcanoes in the middle of the sea. Some pose with the ship at the edge of Mount Anak Krakatau as the background. All seemingly do not want to fall behind to enjoy the enchanting group of islands in the western Java, Banten Province, is.

Krakatoa, so people call the West cluster mountain that makes the Sunda Strait. Krakatau sebenarnya. Fame name to make people curious, even fumble Krakatau actually existed.

Some sineas West also tries to figure Krakatau. At least three film titles made to describe what actually happens on the volcano.

In fact, the birth of a Scottish author, Simon Winchester, try inarm by slick stories and facts about the Krakatau. Stories are equipped with scientific facts are presented in a book titled Krakatoa, The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, which translated the book in Indonesia with the title of Krakatau, When the World explode, August 27, 1883.

Mahadahsyat explosion disaster that causes most of the scorpion. Krakatau eruption voice heard up to a radius of 4,600 kilometers from the center explosion in Sunda Strait.

Krakatau erupts, followed by a tsunami that sweeps more than 295 coastal villages in the west coast of Banten, from Merak, Anyer, Labuan, Panimbang, Ujung Kulon, until Cimalaya in Karawang, West Java. Area in southern Sumatra, did not escape from the tsunami waves resulting from meletusnya Mount Krakatau More than 36,000 people become victims of the disaster was large.

Before the burst, Krakatau is a large island that formed from three volcanoes, namely, Rakata, act, and After the burst, Mount act and Danan and some of Rakata disappeared.

Outburst behind the three islands, which are given the name Island Sertung, Rakata island of Krakatau, or GM, and Long Island Krakatau or Small. Rakata, which is located south of the island with the highest hill, which reaches 813 meters above sea level. The Long Island high Rakata in the north is only 132 meters and Sertung Island in the northwest Rakata has a height 182 meters above sea level.

Around 44 years later, ie in December 1927, showing a new spurt in the middle of the third island of Krakatau Ancient fractionVolcanoes, then, the new name Mount Anak Krakatau, which has a height of approximately 315 meters above sea level.

Eksotis Exotic

After 125 years Ancient Krakatau erupts, there are four left the island to enjoy in the Krakatau IslandsRakata island in the south, Sertung in the north-west, Long Island in the northeast with the Child of Krakatau is located in the center.

Group of islands in the middle of a pitched it exotic sea. White clouds, seemingly never hang loose at the top of Mount Anak Krakatau.

Bird-seagull floating above the mountains add beauty emanated from the middle of Sunda Strait. Birds also indicates that the Son of Krakatau is safe to be approached.

Sea, as if the Crusaders mountains, visible blue net Until the various types of fish that swim in the sea bottom is clearly visible from the top of the ship.

. There are many ways to enjoy eksotisme Krakatau. One way around, see the beauty of the ship. Without having to descend to the foot of the mountain, tourists can perpetuate the enchantment of the Child of Krakatau on the ship.

But, if you want to enjoy the scenery more beautiful, try descend on the island of Rakata, or even at the foot of Mount Anak Krakatau. Of course it must still heeding warnings from the Center for Disaster Mitigation and Vulkanologi or Post Monitor Mount Anak Krakatau.

source: compass