Aatish Bhatia · Nautilus · 2014
The Sound So Loud That It Circled the Earth Four Times
On 27 August 1883, the Earth let out a noise louder than any it has made since.
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Contemporary reports and pressure measurements turn Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption into an unusually intuitive explanation of sound, shock waves, and planetary scale.
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