
Best of Summer: The Loudest Sound
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The Sound of Krakatoa
Oliver has been volcano obsessed ever since he visited the US and Mount St. Helens in Washington State as a kid. Krakatoa, he says, most volcanologists are obsessed with. By 2pm on the 26th of August, the eruption's massive black cloud of ash was 17 miles high. It would eventually reach 50 miles up into the mesosphere.
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