Three volcanoes in Indonesia show increasing activity almost in the same time. After Merapi, Ili Lewotolok, and now Mount Semeru. Earlier today (1/12), the highest mountain on the island of Java spewed glowing lava flowing into the Besuk Kobokan river. Hundreds of residents around the mountain evacuated. Despite this, the status of this mountain remained at the alert level (level 2). Previously, Mount Ili Lewotolok in East Nusa Tenggara also experienced an eruption. Meanwhile, Merapi has shown increased activity since the beginning of last month. Until now, these two mountains are on alert status.
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When watching fantasy films like Lord of The Ring, people may be horrified when they see Mount Doom, the volcano ruled by Sauron. It's a fantasy film, so you know what to expected.
But in the real world, people won't begin to understand that we have the real Mount Doom. Near our house, slowly but surely, it begins to rise, a mountain that the whole world calls a super volcano.
In 1883, when it erupted, the mountain was only 798m high, but in its belly, which was in the sea, was bubbling magma. The sound of this volcanic eruption in that year reached Perth, Australia, 3,000 km south of Earth, and up to Mauritius, 4,000 km. The earth's sky darkened, the air temperature dropped, the world changed immediately after the eruption. If the atomic bomb that was released on Hiroshima had the strength of 1, then when this mountain erupted, the power of the explosion was 13,000 times of that atomic bomb.
In 1883, there were only 978 million inhabitants of the earth, the casualties recorded when this eruption occurred were over 36 thousand people. hundreds of villages, the surrounding cities was destroyed. Not only by the eruption, but by the tens of meter high tsunami that swept across the coast hundreds of kilometers from the volcanic explosion. The explosion was so powerful, if someone stood 16 km from the mountain when it erupted, he would automatically deaf because of the sound. It took more than 5 years for the earth's temperature to return to normal.
When it erupted, the island where this mountain was located was destroyed, let alone the mountain, disappeared. But in 1927, her child had returned, growing 9 meters. In 1933, it grew to 67 meters, in 1960 to 138 meters, in 1992 to 250 meters, and in 2012, it grew to 813 meters. This mountain was already taller than when it erupted in 1883.
If you have time, please read about this mountain, Mount Krakatau (Krakatoa), please googling it in the internet. Whether you want to know it or not, whether you care or not, this mountain will continue to grow, stretch. The year 2012 erupted on a small scale, releasing some of its energy. The next year will also continue to erupt, continuing to release its energy. Who knows how long, when in the end the huge energy was not released by a bit, but all at once, with a bigger eruption. Will this mountain explode violently? I do not know. But the natural cycle is a necessity. Humans cannot predict it, but natural law is a necessity.
I'm going to 'joke', but this is serious. If our country is getting more and more damaged, this country is getting more and more chaotic, and there is nothing left for the people to care about, then it is easy for nature to finish us off. Mount Krakatau just erupted just like 1883, a hundred years ago, then that is enough to finish us off. Once hit, Banten, Jakarta, Lampung, West Java, immediately collapsed.
Once hit, erupted, followed by a devastating earthquake, Jakarta could be leveled. Take note, Hiroshima was destroyed by just one atomic bomb. Krakatoa erupted with the power of 13,000 x Hiroshima atomic bombs, so even though Jakarta is at least 150 KM away from this mountain, the impact of the eruption was more than sufficient. And remember well, the sound of the eruption of Mount Krakatau in 1883, was heard up to 4000 KM away. The earth's sky darkened.
We can't beat nature. No matter how arrogant we are.
* Tere Liye
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