I'm Indonesian, I live near Krakatoa volcano, namely in Bakauheni District, South Lampung Regency, Lampung Province, Indonesia. here the scenery is very beautiful.

The fact that the lighthouse keeper continued to guide ships with whatever scraps he had left to protect them from running aground, despite just having lost his wife and child, is truly heroic.

I've watched a lot of documentaries about volcanic eruptions (I'm a geologic junkie) and have never seen one SO masterfully done as this one. I've always have been drawn to the Krakatoa eruption ever since I was a kid looking wide eyed at a book in school about the eruption. It will forever fascinate me. I agree with all other comments about the honor and strength of that lighthouse keeper. I'm just glad his story, and others from the captain and crew of the ship that survived endured to this day.

Krakatoa just sounds like a wickedly badass volcano name.

I just want to give a shoutout to the lighthouse watcher. In just one massive sweep of nature's cruelty he loses the lighthouse, his family and probably his home, effectively his life. And what does he do? Puts a lantern on a stick and continues his job keeping folks at sea safe, because that's what he came there to do. What a man!

This has to be one of the best documentaries of Krakatoa that I've ever seen. Well-done to those who participated in the film's production.

This documentary catches my attention not only because of the anecdotes of Krakatoa's eruption like the bittersweet survival of the Beyerincks and the keeper of the Fourth Point Lighthouse, but also the mentioning of two interesting Dutch Government steamships: Governor-General Loudoun and Berouw. If I can visit Indonesia in the future, the Berouw mooring buoy monument and the ruins of the Fourth Point Lighthouse would be my go-to spots.

when i was a child my mum told me about this. she was born in 59. her great grandmother told her about the "sound heard around the world". wow!

22:35 To see how the ocean just stopped for a short moment, and went back to normal was amazing. Nature is really strong.

This is the best Krakatoa documentary I’ve seen.

I sailed past what was left of Krakatoa in '85 when I was in the Navy. There was a smallish island smoking in the gap between the larger outer part of the remaining island and Langi island. It was named "Anak Krakatoa" (Child of Krakatoa). Since then that small smoky island has increased in size dramatically as the volcano continues to regrow. (About an extra 540 ft. since then) I was told at the time that the 'hole' left by the original explosion was approximately 6,000 ft deep.

I have infinite amounts of respect for the lighthouse keeper who stood at his post even after it was destroyed and he was nearly killed

The dedication of that lighthouse keeper is the most amazing thing I've ever heard.

The lighthouse keeper was a truly hero. Indonesia must be proud to have such brave people.

50:12 what an awesome sight. The entire eruption in a physical time lapse. Incredible. I remember watching this as a kid and being traumatized by the eruption and tsunami sequence

Rest In Peace all the beings that lost their lives...very sad...well done documentary

Those scientists had some balls to climb up onto an erupting volcano. If I felt a single earthquake while staying near a volcano, i'd get the hell out of dodge immediately

I began watching this out of mere curiosity and had no intention of watching the whole hour and a half of it. I just couldn't stop watching though. This was a really great production.

As a man with a fiance and child, im not sure I could've remained working after my wife and kid were killed by a tsunami- my ultimate respect and sympathy goes to him, as well as any others who were caught by this legendary eruption

This will be known to some of you but for the most detailed, moment by moment account of this eruption, as well as placing it in its proper historical context, definitely give the book “Krakatoa” by Simon Winchester a read. He starts slowly and really sets the mood by describing the Sunda strait, the town of Batavia (now Jakarta), even the flora and fauna. Also, the geological processes at work. But patience pays off when the volcano goes boom. Masterful author, A+ book.

1:21:14 'it appears that Krakatoa is preparing itself for another huge eruption' Little did they know that Anak Krakatau would erupt in 2018 where most of the crater collapsed and sunk into the ocean which caused a tsunami.

Didnt they say that the sound of the explosion was heard 2000 miles away??? I can only imagine how loud it must have been to those within view of the volcano... 😣

I first read about krakatoa when I was about 7yrs old I'm now 77 this was the best documentary I've seen in all those years

The amount of energy it would take to make the ocean go flat for that second is hard to comprehend.

Did they mention that 1000's became deaf from the high energy of the sound waves this made? People on a ship 40 miles away got ruptured eardrums. 100 miles away a 172 db sound level was recorded.

I recall my 75 year old grandmother in England telling me about krakatoa when I was a young man. I never thought much about it until later on in my life , I'm tempted to visit the area on my next visit to Indonesia. I'm being pulled like a magnet.

I love how around 51:00 the guide is interested on how the event happened and how the scientist is more than happy to explain it. I just find that really wholesome.

Saya orang indonesia, berterima kasih atas dokumentasi ini, sekarang kami memiliki anak krakatoa, yang bebarapa waktu lalu erupsi membuat tsunami kecil serta memakan korban yang berada ditepi pantai yang sedang mengadakan konser termasuk vocalis Band Seventeen tersebut.

Active volcanoes with regular eruption is scary, but nothing compared to an active volcano with regular eruption that suddenly goes dormant for no reason. That's a ticking nuclear bomb waiting for the countdown hits zero.

"Of course it's science.. Everything is science." A man ahead of his time.

The most famous and the biggest eruption in recent history. One of the best stories and studies needed to be told.

I was born in Washington state and happened to be working in Oklahoma at the time of the Mt St Helens eruption. One of my workmates family lived close to the eruption so , we were particularly interested in what was happening. We really realized the extent of the disaster when we found a layer of ash all the way in Oklahoma covering our truck.

Im watching this coz of quarantine.its so amazing documentary.

Came for the young Richard Pryor thumbnail, stayed for the excellent documentary. Well done.

Brilliant, gripping..... Educational and entertaining. Gimme much more of this.....

What I find most interesting about the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa is that it indirectly led to the creation of Indonesia's famous national park: Ujung Kulon. For those that don't know, Ujung Kulon is a small peninsula located on Java's most western tip that no one now lives. A little over 20 miles south of Krakatoa, it use to have several villages there with thousands of people, but they were completely wiped out by the eruption's tsunami and then buried by ash a foot thick. Since then, the people never returned and this allowed the peninsula to become a rainforest refugia for Java's plants & animals that have been exterminated elsewhere on the island - most famous being the Javan rhino; the rarest megafauna on Earth. Because of the human side of the tragedy, Ujung Kulon has become an accidental window back in time to see what Java was like during it's wild, primordial days. But ironically enough, the volcano that helped give Ujung Kulon life could also take it away. Should another eruption on the same scale as 1883 happen again, it could badly endanger the wildlife there. And with Java's high density of humans, they have nowhere else to retreat & recover this time.

Videos like these are a sobering reminder that nature is always the one in charge. No matter what we do to the planet, eventually it is going to win, and we can do nothing to stop it.

Old school scientists were dedicated as all hell.

The 2004 Tsunami in the region led to a tremendous loss of life in Indonesia and also in the Andaman Islands & Sri Lanka. I lost my childhood friend and his son in the Car Nicobar Islands.

I can't imagine what the decibel level of the explosion could have been to be heard over 12% of the Earth. It had to pulverize rock itself into atoms,on the level of many nuclear explosions,for example. Still stunning that anyone,anyone in the region, survived at all. Like the lighthouse keeper,there should be a memorial honoring him in particular there. We are nothing in the true face of nature's power.

What pisses me off is that they do not mention Rogier Verbeek a single time. His accounts of the eruption are to this day the guide to modern volcanology.

Hats off to the captain of the ship. He knew that the ash was still hot and that they need to throw all gunpowder overboard. 👍🏻

I had my daughter watch this as a History lesson, and when she was learning about the earth crust. She's fascinated by volcanoes.

KZfaq has been recommending this for a year, I'm watching now because of the Tonga eruption/tsunami. It's hard to imagine this level of sudden destruction.

Here's the scary thing: Kratakau is still considered an _active_ volcano. Today, Anak Krakatau, the new volcano that subsequently formed after the 1883 eruption, still erupts on a regular basis and another gigantic eruption could happen at any time....

I sailed past Anak Krakatoa in 1985. It was relatively small at the time but smoking. From pictures I've seen recently it has grown quite a bit.

What distinguishes Indonesia from other countries is actually MOTHER NATURE, the biological mother in Indonesia is Mother Nature because one above all. I have studied for 24 years about international history documenting the history of natural disasters in Indonesia and have visited Indonesia in 2010, 2015 and 2018. This country has a natural category at a really high level. This country made me have an amazing experience when I was there, it can even be ascertained to be sick, tired, disappointed, goosebumps, give up, cry, happy, laugh, excite, afraid, shaking, wounded and can even die others at the same time. A country that I am very interested in learning about nature there and I enjoy, actually a trip to Indonesia is not about a relaxing and calm trip but about adventure and exploration by accepting the natural consequences there. It turns out that the power of Mother Nature in each country is different, each country has a different Mother Earth and no power is the same. The only country that has Mother Nature that can kill so many people is Indonesia (Estimated death toll is at least 10,000 - 95% of human deaths worldwide). The topic that discusses natural disasters in Indonesia is on a global scale because many countries have assisted in evacuation or donations in Indonesia, because it cannot be denied that nature in Indonesia can also cause damage to various countries with very risky status. The level is not only destructive but can kill. Even international history records no volcanic eruptions from other countries that can kill at least 30,000 people in one explosion except for volcanoes in Indonesia. That is nature in Indonesia whose strength is not kidding and is very strong. Volcanoes Vesuvius, Pinatubo, Etna, Helens, Stromboli, Sakurajima, Fuji, Kinabalu, Azufral, Inthanon and others cannot come close to the fatalities of volcanoes in Indonesia because Indonesia was not originally an archipelagic country, but was called SAHULLAND and SUNDALAND (Mainland, not Islands). Even in 2004, the rampage of the Mother Nature in Indonesia was also the mastermind that killed ± 230,000 people in various countries because near Sumatra (Banda Aceh) there was broken soil that collapsed in a canyon in the sea which caused tsunamis to many countries. Even Bali and Lombok experienced natural disasters in 2018 so all international tourism coming to Indonesia was closed due to the earthquake, Krakatoa eruption again in 2022, Toba, Samalas, Ancient Bratan, Ancient Sunda Volcanoes, Earthquake Lampung, Earthquake Sulawesi, Earthquake Maluku and so on (Those are just a few examples, there are too many to mention). Even from 1,000 researchers internationally and many international websites give the predicate that nature in Indonesia is "VERY ABNORMAL". Each country has a different Mother Nature, because the history of international researchers is always observed, studied and documented in each country. Mother Nature in Indonesia is labeled as "So beautiful but killer". If the total is 1500 - 2022, Indonesia experiences ±800 million natural disasters (from the smallest to the largest "MACRO, MEZZO, MICRO"), imagine how crazy and strong it would be. Even natural disasters from other countries do not come close to that figure. The tantrums and natural brutality in Indonesia that are recorded internationally have even hit Africa, Europe, America, Asia, Australia, and the Pacific. Even until it was written and immortalized by researchers from European, Chinese, Russian, Nordic, Slavik, US, UK, Arabian, Indian, African, Latin, Korean and Aussie. Just imagine how strong and crazy nature is there. It is undeniable that Mother Nature in Indonesia is indeed very beautiful, strange, unique, diverse, different, amazing and extraordinary but is actually the mastermind behind the most brutal killers in the world (It can have a fatal impact on other countries, not just 1 or 10 incidents recorded in history). After all, we as humans cannot blame Mother Nature there (Indonesia), because nature there has the will to rage every time when it wakes up from its sleep. Even in 2022, Indonesia experienced 2,654 natural disasters (January - Oct) this is really brutal. There's even a band Within Temptation making a song called Mother Earth, In the lyrics, it really describes Mother Nature in Indonesia, which often happens. Where it turns out that the vocalist (Sharon Den Adel) has lived in Indonesia. Also where the USA (Spongebob Cartoon series) once mentioned "SQUIDWARD KRAKATOA" which is the name of a volcano in Indonesia that experienced a massive explosion in 535 B.C and 1883. This is why I am very interested in Indonesia, because all of it is in one country. It can be said that basically human civilization (MAN-MADE) in Indonesia has always fought against "its own biological mother / Mother Nature". Every years in Indonesia, natural disaster more than 1.500 - 10.000 natural disasters. This signified that his strength was at the highest level since human history was formed. Indonesia really has 2 different sides of Heaven and Hell colliding simultaneously, capturing the moment of traveling to Indonesia for me personally is very impressive and awesome. My message to Indonesia is to be happy and grateful for those of you who have "biological mothers" who have been named as 2 different categories in the world on a global scale from the past until now, in the eyes of researchers on Mother Nature. Natural history in Indonesia is engraved, documented and enshrined in many countries in the world "Your mother was very extraordinary". July 2022, Anak Krakatoa erupts again but on a smaller scale (VEI 2) you can check in google, because this is real. Samalas, Ancient Bratan Bali, Ancient Sunda Supervolcano, Agung Bali, Bromo, Kerinci, Patah, Raung, Ileboleng, Wayang Windu, Lumut, Rinjani, Batutara, Gamalama, Lewotobi, Todoko, Dempo, Jayawijaya, Geureudong and so on : Hey Krakatoa, can we join the party? We envy you so much that mom always allows you to erupt. Anak Krakatoa : You have to ask permission to Mother first before the eruption. ±500 volcanoes in Indonesia : I'm afraid it's better not to deal with Mother, if she wakes up from her sleep we will all be destroyed. Mother Nature in Indonesia : Never try to wake me from sleep, I never hesitate to give consequences. All Nature Places in Indonesia : Ok Mother, we really absolutely love you. Information about volcanoes in Indonesia, that there is a supervolcano warehouse that makes Indonesia an archipelago that was originally Indonesia as a mainland. 70% The land in Indonesia collapsed into the sea (SAHULLAND AND SUNDALAND).

When a journalist at the time screws up the name Krakatau and calls it Krakatoa, and the world just shrugs and goes along with it for the next 140 years. Great documentary though.

I cannot believe that the crew is standing in Anak Krakatoa's crater, a wildly active volcano, at time marker 1:25. Volcanologists are some of the bravest and yet craziest people on the planet, but we desperately need them and what they learn!

Anyone else blown away by the fact that the lighthouse man survived this whole thing?

For a long time, I thought it had been a steam explosion as originally thought, but this was very informative. It boggles the mind that 11 cubic miles of volcanic material was ejected.

The forces of nature that caused the water to freeze was remarkable, Rampino has not only studied this eruption but also the Toba eruption. I would recommend all to get his Cataclysms book on Geology history

Running from a 37 meters wall of water, I can't even imagine that

Wow, this was an Outstanding documentary. Thanks for taking us there.

I have great respect for mother nature no matter how cruel and vicious she can be.

I am fortunate to have come across this documentary while cruising KZfaq. It was both comprehensive and heartbreaking. Although Krakatoa tragically erased many lives, the memory of the them will survive forever.

I live in New Zealand a year after Mount Pinatubo erupted in 1993 the sunsets were incredible. The sky was deep red and purples streaked with hues of bright orange. This went on for at least another year. I had never seen anything before or since to match this spectacle.

Personally.....I'd like to hear more on how the lighthouse keeper survived being hit by a 40 meter wave that destroyed his lighthouse.....kudos for remaining at his post!

Watching as La Palma is kicking off.

not only was krakatoa the loudest explosion ever heard at that time but the air shock wave was recorded to have traveled around the earth 7 times before it got too weak to register on any of the gas works pressure gauges.

I didn't know that Anak Krakatau meant "Son of Krakatoa". You can see eruptions of it in KZfaq videos in the present day. As long as it continues with its small, regular eruptions, the magma vent is open, and the pressure can be released. The big explosion in 1883 came after 270 years of dormancy, and buildup of cataclysmic amounts of pressure.

Wonderful documentary. Enjoyed watching it. Would love to see more such documentaries about nature.

In 22 december 2018, there's mother's day in Indonesia and Anak Krakatoa was erupted at the same day then made a tsunami,, It seems it wanted celebrated as well for its mother,Krakatoa.

This was very well put together and presented. Nice to see a production that is both factually accurate and artistically entertaining. Well done. 👏🏻👍🏻

The Tsunami of 2004 reminds us that we live on an active planet, Anak Krakatoa / Son of Krakatoa continues to grow in size and the viscosity of the magma continues to be monitored by the Indonesians The distinctive power of nature should never be underestimated 1st August 2019

It is difficult to conceive how much energy was expended to obliterate an island the size of Krakatoa.

Interestingly,the Oruanui explosion in New Zealand 26,000 years ago,was 100 times the explosivity of Krakatoa! It created the huge Lake Taupo, which is the caldera of the volcano, and has a huge underground magma lake only 10 km's under it's surface.

This is such a good documentary, it really puts nature in perspective. It just goes to show how the world has all the time in the world, we don't. All comments are excellent.

I'm literally crying.. It must be really terrifying for them. I can't even imagine the horror. Also pain of losing people you love..

And today, just 4 hours ago in Indonesia, a tsunami just happened in Sunda because of seabed movement around Anak Krakatao

I was looking at a list of the names of all volcanoes in Indonesia, it was indeed very amazing because the shapes were very diverse, unique, strange and the same time dangerous. I want to meet all volcanoes in Indonesia. There is even a friend of mine who uses the name of a volcano in Indonesia (Ferdinandz "Tandikat"). Let's play music : (Henson - Sahara Slowed Version) 😎

It’s absolutely mind boggling how the mixing of two different types of magma could create an eruption of that scale. 🌋

The scary part is we can do nothing to stop volcano eruptions. Mount Vesuvius in Naples, Italy is another volcano that can erupt killing untold thousands. It happened to the town of Pompeii during Roman times.

The anak KRAKATOA erupts in Dec 2018 caused a tsunami. Hundreds of people died and many more is missing.. Be safe. #PrayforIndonesia :,

I've watched this documentary at least 5 times. I keep coming back here because it's super interesting and every time I discover something new.

Great video about such a significant event in recent history. One small detail I would like to mention is the strength of the explosion: Modern estimates put the most powerful explosion at around 250 MT of TNT. The most powerful explosion caused by humans was the Soviet/Russian Tsar Bomba (detonated on October 30, 1961), a prototype built to demonstrate the effect of a thermonuclear bomb, is often quoted to have had an estimated effect of 50 - 60 MT of TNT; though in the theory it could have been up to maybe 100 MT of TNT, but it was decided to limit the effect. The size of that bomb is quoted to a weight of 27 metric tonnes, a length of 8 metres and a diameter of 2,1 metres.

Such intense cinematography and acting on this, i get chills everytime i watch this

Impressive. The Lighthouse Keeper stood at his post, warning shipping of the submerged rocks - reminds us of the petrified Roman soldier at Pompey - Heroic stuff.

@1:16:50, that is our Louisiana sky when the Sahara desert dust arrives here. Amazing sunsets.

Masterfully done documentary.

How would you dislike something educational like this great video.

I went to Anak Krakatoa in september of 2012 and spent the night on Rakata. It was a large eruption going on at Anak Krakatoa at that moment. It was quite a sight, especially during the night.

This is a truly engrossing docudrama about the Krakatoa eruption of 1883. This film vividly presents the events of eruption and tsunamis. This was a seminal event in modern geologic history.

This was great! There’s not much that gives me chills, but seeing the representation of the ocean stilling and then the height of the tsunami and coral getting tossed like driftwood definitely gave me chills! So many horrid deaths, I’d simply have hoped for a quick one with a rock to the head (unless I had a real shot at scrambling up to high ground)! Nature wins every time, and we just have to cling to chance. Wild and fascinating.

"I've always wanted a volcano." Well young man, there you have it.

R.I.P caged parrot, you never stood a chance

One of my patients yesterday was about the same age as the baby that passed in this. She had a febrile seizure in my hands and she stopped breathing, the doctor had to do chest compressions for a minute to get her to breathe again. She's going to be okay. This video made me think of her and how her mom cried. So tragic and those poor people had no idea what to do. And then the lighthouse keeper's family, they had no chance. So sad.

Inconceivable how huge that wave was.

Huge props to that lighthouse keeper.

Extremely well done and worth your time. How shameful to a lack of a true memorial to those lost.

I don't know... I just trust Naked Science even when they are acting, i believe their research is always top class.

My maternal grandfather was 3-years-old when Krakatoa blew itself apart. Fortunately he was in Boston, MA with his parents. When he took my grandmother, mother, and aunt around the world in the mid-1930s they passed through the Sunda strait. Somewhere around here I have most of the photos from that trip.

Captain Magma. Get him angry and he's bound to explode."Krakatoa!"

ME: Please dont erupt Krakatoa! K: Okay, I pumice..

A truly incredible documentary on the historic events leading up to & the aftermath of, the Krakatoa volcanic devastation. Yet another example that good things do come from bad events, no matter how small it may seem. I had been avoiding this documentary for so long, thinking it was going to be the same basic information but it was scientifically so much more

I can’t imagine a 100ft wave at 60mph. The way it would toss 4 ton boulders like pebbles is amazing.

Watching from Jamaica peace 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

Just goes to show that earth can overshadow anything wrought by human hands. It's fascinating and phenomenal.

Excellent program - I couldn't stop watching! Thank you!

Such amazing historic history. I love learning about volcanic history.