Comments on: The Year Without Summer

The Year Without Summer

Atreides — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:00:37 -0800

The Lost Kingdom of Tambora, Pompeii of the East, was recently uncovered by an oceanographic team from the University of Rhode Island and Indonesian researchers. The kingdom was buried when Mount Tambora violently erupted in 1815, and set the conditions for 1816, the Year Without Summer. It was not the first, or last time, that a volcano eruption affected the world.

By: Atreides

Atreides — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:01:19 -0800

New York Times coverage of lost kindgom, here.

By: S.C.

S.C. — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:12:22 -0800

Fascinating. Thank you.

By: saladin

saladin — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:16:07 -0800

Effects of this event are amazing... without it we'd have no Mormons, no horror movies, and no bicycles. Fascinating stuff.

By: zonkout

zonkout — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:47:16 -0800

1815 is ancient now?

By: Gamblor

Gamblor — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:50:47 -0800

Nor Frankenstein, apparently. This is really fascinating.

By: KirkJobSluder

KirkJobSluder — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:51:08 -0800

Satellite imagery via Google Maps. Although it seems that some news sources out there are using satellite image of a different volcano .

By: KirkJobSluder

KirkJobSluder — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:59:22 -0800

On second look, it appears to be the the same volcano from a different perspective, but I'm baffled as to why the rest of the peninsula vanishes in the radar image.

By: Tablecrumbs

Tablecrumbs — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:01:34 -0800

It kind of puts things in perspective doesn't it? One volcanic eruption can change the atmosphere for months and yet we worry about the fact we use too much hairspray or BBQ too many hamburgers and let's not forget gas emmisions. Mankinds habits mean very little when compared to what nature can do.

By: stenseng

stenseng — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:38:36 -0800

"Scientists say bronze bowls, ceramic pots and other recovered artefacts shed light on an ancient Indonesian culture." I'm sorry, but 1815 is not "ancient." Cool post though.

By: stenseng

stenseng — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:40:23 -0800

"It kind of puts things in perspective doesn't it? One volcanic eruption can change the atmosphere for months and yet we worry about the fact we use too much hairspray or BBQ too many hamburgers and let's not forget gas emmisions. Mankinds habits mean very little when compared to what nature can do." Fuckin' A! Stretch Hummers for Everybody!!! (cue Louie Louie)

By: bardic

bardic — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:12:18 -0800

This is really interesting. Nice stuff.

By: homunculus

homunculus — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 11:32:08 -0800

Mankinds habits mean very little when compared to what nature can do." Yet what happens to mankind can affect nature in surprising ways: Europe's "Little Ice Age" may have been triggered by the 14th Century Black Death plague, according to a new study.

By: b1tr0t

b1tr0t — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:03:16 -0800

By: dhartung

dhartung — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:36:59 -0800

I just saw a decent IMAX movie about Santorini last weekend. More "Wow! The past is cool!" than science or archaeology, but had some nice CGI of the eruption devastating the island, and a discussion of how there isn't one single corpse to be found -- suggesting enough warning for a boat escape, which may have been swamped by a tsunami, leaving no trace of the civilization.

By: Brainstormer

Brainstormer — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 08:04:10 -0800

Can't wait till find out about their language ... and translate their writings!! As in the case of the Asirians and other civilisations, it would be fascinating to learn about their culture this way.