Wonders of The World

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• The Longest Natural Arch
• Manuscripts of a Bygone Age NEW
• Sanchi's Great Stupa
• The Brooklyn Bridge
• The Oldest Known Shipwreck
• A House Under The Ocean
• Telescope Atop a Volcano
• Britain's Treasure Trove
• The Dare-devils of La Quebrada
• The Chunnel
• The Tallest Living Things
• An Island Comes to life again
• The Skeleton Stretch
• The Glowing Caves
• The Great Shells
• The Mighty Corridor
• Drawings in the Sand
• The World's largest Flower
• The Swaying Minarets
• The Screaming Skull
• A Tower of Perfection!
• Ajanta
• World's Highest Capitals
• The Ziggurat of Ur
• The Oldest Footprints
• The smallest country
• Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum
• Mountain of Light
• A Piece from the Past
• Crop Circles
• Cleopatra’s Needle
• The Oldest Throne
• Giant Waves
• The Lord's Arch
• A Mad King's Dream Castle

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An Island Comes to life again

One of the greatest explosions ever occured on August 27, 1883 when the volcanic island of Krakatoa erupted. The explosion was heard up to a distance of 4800 km and the shock was felt in California 14,500 km away. The explosion threw up a huge wave that wiped out 163 villages and killed some 36,000 people. Nothing survived the explosion. Not an ant or a blade of grass was left on Krakatoa.
But the island did not remain barren for long. Within a few years there were plants and trees growing there and animals began to move on the land again. 40 years after the explosion a thick forest covered the island and provided a home for 1200 species of animals including rats, bats and pythons.
Krakatoa had died and come to life.

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Last updated on :1/9/2006