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Killer Krakatoa back from the dead
Back from the dead ... the volcano glows against constellations in the sky. (Barcroft Pacific)

Killer Krakatoa back from the dead

AEST 10:30, Thu Jul 30 2009
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An amateur photographer has captured spectacular images of Anak Krakatoa — the "child" of the infamous killer volcano — exploding off Indonesia.

The 300m-high volcano has grown from the remnants of Krakatoa, which blew itself apart when it exploded in 1883 and killed 36,000 people — the most ever killed during an eruption.

The 1883 explosion was so powerful it released 13,000 times the energy of Little Boy — the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in World War II.

Back from the dead ... the volcano glows against constellations in the sky. (Barcroft Pacific)
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