The Anak Krakatau volcano in Indonesia had a minor eruption over the weekend. The volcano shot out a 400 foot cloud of ash. Indonesian scientists are warning people to stay away from the volcano which sits by itself in the Sunda Strait, but that nearby island villages are safe.
The Anak Krakatau volcano was "born" in 1930. It rose out of the ocean on the site of the infamous Krakatau volcano which violently erupted in 1883 and killed 36,000 people. Anak Krakatau literally means "Child of Krakatau."
Volcanic eruptions are an environmental hazard that has no correlation with human activity. Krakatau's 1883 eruption was an early modern tragedy that will not be paralleled in this century. Hopefully this little outburst from Baby Krakatau is all that happens to Indonesia.
For more information check out the source article from Newsday.com.
To learn more about Krakatau (or Krakatoa as it is sometimes called) and volcanoes in general the Discovery Channel has a great interactive resource and volcano creator.
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