MUONT KRAKATAU CHILD

White cloud hanging in the sky looks blue Sunda Strait net on Saturday last weekend. Dimly seen mountain gray who stands firmly in the middle of the sea, flanked by three hills hijau.Para tourists poured out of the Motor Ship Passengers Jatra III and meets the deck. "Wow," the tourists amazed at the sight of mountain chains in the middle of the sea is getting closer. Of the ship sounding loudspeakers guide shows a gray mountain that is Mount Anak Krakatau.Wisatawan were racing to capture the splendor of the volcano in the middle of the sea. Most of posing on the boat with the Mount Anak Krakatau as a backdrop. All seemed to not want to be left to enjoy the charm of the island chain on the west side of the island of Java, Banten province, itu.Krakatoa, so Westerners call the cluster of mountains which divides the Sunda Strait. The fame of his name makes many people curious, even fumbling in fact a form of Krakatau.

A number of foreign tourists were trying to depict the figure of Krakatau. There are at least three films that are made to describe what actually occurred at the volcano itu.Bahkan, a Scottish-born author, Simon Winchester, trying to neatly summarize the story and facts about Krakatoa. The story that has the scientific facts are presented in a book called Krakatoa, The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883, which translated into Indonesian language book entitled Krakatoa, when the World Exploded, August 27, 1883.

Name became popular after the eruption of Krakatoa on August 27, 1883. Mahadahsyat the catastrophic eruption of the greatest at that time. Krakatau eruption of sound audible to a radius of 4600 kilometers from the center of the blast at the Straits of Sunda.Krakatau erupted followed by a tsunami that swept over 295 coastal villages on the west coast of Banten, from Merak, Anyer, Labuan, Panimbang, Ujung Kulon, until Cimalaya in Karachi, Java west. Regions in southern Sumatra, were not spared from the tsunami waves caused by the eruption of Mount Krakatoa. More than 36,000 people died in the great disaster.

Before the eruption, Krakatau was a large island formed by three volcanoes, the Rakata, deeds, and Danan. After the eruption, Mount Deeds and Danan and Rakata lenyap.Letusan leaving most of the three islands named Sertung island, Pulau Rakata Besar or Krakatau, or Krakatoa and Long Island Little. Rakata is located at the south is the island with the highest hill, which reaches 813 meters above sea level. The Long Island in the northern high Rakata and only 132 meters to the northwest island of Rakata Sertung has a height of 182 meters above sea level.

About 44 years later, on December 1927, came a new burst in the middle third of the island Ancient Krakatoa fractions. The new volcano was later given the name Mount Anak Krakatau, which now has a height of approximately 315 meters above sea level.

Exotic

After 125 years of Ancient Krakatoa erupted, there are four islands are left to be enjoyed on the Krakatau Islands. The island of Rakata in the

south, Sertung on the northwest side, Long Island in the northeast with the Anak Krakatau is located in the center of the island tengahnya.Gugusan towering in the middle of the sea it looks exotic. White clouds seemed never to hang out on the Mount Anak Krakatau.Burung-gulls flying over the mountain adds to the beauty that is emitted from the middle of the Sunda Strait. The birds also indicates Anak Krakatau was safe to didekati.Laut, that seemed to hug the mountain, the blue looks clean. To various types of fish that swim beneath the sea was clear from the ship.

There are many ways to enjoy the exoticism of Krakatau. One way to get around, see the beauty of the ship. Without having to go down to the foot of the mountain, tourists can capture the charm of the kapal.Tapi Anak Krakatau, if you want to enjoy more beautiful scenery, try to come down on the island of Rakata, or even at the foot of Mount Anak Krakatau. Of course, should still heed the warning of Volcanology and Disaster Mitigation or Monitoring Post Mount Anak Krakatau.