Anak Krakatau eruption July 2009: destruction on Anak Krakatau

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Anak Krakatau eruption July 2009 - destruction on Anak Krakatau

Hundreds of explosions have left their mark on Anak Krakatau. The slopes of the old crater and the upper forest area are dotted with impacts. The seismological sation and many trees have been destroyed.

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The seismic station on the old crater rim has suffered a lot of impacts during the eruption (Photo: ... (411 Hits)	A block hit the solar panel. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) (402 Hits)	Jorge in front of a large impact crater. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) (295 Hits)	Bomb impact (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) (273 Hits)
A 2 meter sized breadcrust bomb has landed on a tree. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) (393 Hits)	This tree was simply decapitated by an impacting block. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) (314 Hits)	This tree was hit exactly on his lower trunc. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) (487 Hits)	Jorge inspecting the damage to the knocked-down tree. Interestingly, it was not burnt, showing that ... (423 Hits)
Iris and the large breadcrust bomb lying over the knocked-down tree. This one, too, is only dried ou... (478 Hits)	The heat of the bomb has dried out everything near it, but the pine trees here on the volcano are we... (367 Hits)	Anak Krakatau receives lots of ash and bombs, but this provides also fertile soil for new plants and... (371 Hits)	This pine tree has survived the impact of a lava bomb right at its feet. Only the branches immediate... (306 Hits)