10 Doomsday Scenes from the Year Without a Summer

10 Doomsday Scenes from the Year Without a Summer

On April 10, 1815, 14,000-foot (4,267 m) high Mount Tambora on the island of Sumbawa, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), erupted in a mighty cataclysm, spewing a gigantic column of debris 25 miles (40.2 km) into the sky. The blast was heard 1,600 miles (2,575 km) away—the biggest volcanic explosion in recorded history—100 times more […] The post 10 Doomsday Scenes from the Year Without a Summer appeared first on Listverse.