Year Without a Summer
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The year 1816 is known as the Year Without a Summer because of severe climate abnormalities that caused average global temperatures to decrease by 0.4–0.7 °C. Summer temperatures in Europe that year w
The Monk by the Sea (ca. 1808–1810)
Two Men by the Sea (1817)
Chichester Canal (1828) by J. M. W. Turner
Mount Tambora
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Mount Tambora, or Tomboro, is an active stratovolcano in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. Located on Sumbawa in the Lesser Sunda Islands, volcanism is the result of subduction zones. The 1815 eruption w
Year Without a Summer
…Year Without a Summer 1816 summer temperature anomaly in Europe compared with average temperatures from 1971 to 2000 Volcano Mount Tambora Start date Eruption occurred on April 10, 1815 Type Ultra-Plinian Location Lesser Sunda Islands, Dutch East Indies (now Republic of Indonesia) Impact…
Caldera of Mount Tambora as seen from Earth orbit
Mount Tambora and its surroundings as seen from space
View of Mount Rinjani from Mount Tambora. Viewing distance is 165 kilometres (103 mi).
Aerial view of the caldera of Mt Tambora, 2011