#java sea

[meta-holott]

1977 Indonesia, Java sea

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Nudibranchs (Doto greenamyeri) newly described species on feather hydroids. Seraya Bay, north coast of Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea.

Photographer: Alex Mustard

[girgatok]

Brebes mangrove forest, North Coast of Java Island

[lonestarbattleship]

USS HOUSTON (CA-30) shortly after a Japanese bomb hit the deck, near the turret 3, killing 48 crew and rendered the rear guns useless.

Photographed in the Java Sea, during the Battle of Makassar Strait, on February 4, 1942.

US Navy Photo: 124-16

[dasnusantara]

Cisadane river basin - Banten, Indonesia

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[pixoplanet]

It's August 27th, 🇮🇩 Krakatoa Day. On this day in 1883, the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurred on the small, uninhabited island of Krakatoa (also called Krakatau), located west of Sumatra in Indonesia. In May, 1883, Krakatoa began stirring for the first time in over 200 years and spit out a seven-mile-high cloud of ash and dust. The local inhabitants greeted this and subsequent volcanic displays over the next two months with festive excitement.

In late August, however, 🌋 their excitement turned to horror as Krakatoa literally blew itself apart. This set off a chain reaction of natural disasters that was felt around the globe for years to come. Enormous blasts sent the northern two-thirds of the island plunging into the Sunda Strait, between the Java Sea and Indian Ocean. The explosions threw five cubic miles of earth 50 miles into the air. Fine dust drifted around the planet which created spectacular red sunsets (which is theorized to have inspired Edvard Much's painting "The Scream"), but also formed an atmospheric veil that lowered temperatures worldwide by several degrees.

The exploding mountain generated a series of pyroclastic flows and tsunamis. Over 4,500 people were scorched to death along the coastlines as the pyroclastic flows rolled out as far as 40 miles away. At least 31,000 of the estimated 36,000 deaths resulting from the eruption were caused by tsunamis. The greatest of these waves measured 120 feet high, and washed completely over nearby islands, stripping away vegetation and carrying people out to sea. Krakatoa has been relatively quiet since, but is still considered active. A new volcano, Anak Krakatoa is now emerging from the ruins. Indonesia also has another 130 active volcanoes, more than any other country in the world. ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet

[poor-bloody-infantry]

Hp>So, I’m reading the book at top. Has anyone read it? He’s a great author, I think. Anyway, I was reading about this Dutch submarine, the Zwaardvisch, she really encapsulates the global scale of World War II. So here is a Dutch submarine, whose Conning Tower is photo number 2. Her nation has been overrun by the Germans, yet she operated out of an Australian port, under American orders. On 5th October, 1944, the Zwaardvisch sank the German submarine U-168 (photo 3), in the Java Sea, South of Bawaen Island. The Germans had decided to close their base at Penang and were on their way home. A few days later, she sank the IJN Itsukushima, a minelayer. I think it’s really amazing the way all these different countries came together during the war. 

[stfujavii]

I gained 3lbs this year. Stanning the hell out of thick me

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