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Krakatoa: le jour où la terre explosa
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ISBN10: 2709624966
ISBN13: 9782709624961
Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
Published: Feb 21 2022
Pages: 486
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.98 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: French
ISBN13: 9782709624961
Publisher: Editions J.C. Lattes
Published: Feb 21 2022
Pages: 486
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.98 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: French
La plus terrifiante et destructrice éruption volcanique de l?histoire moderne a eu lieu le 26 et le 27 août 1883 à quelques kilomètres de l?île de Java. Seulement quatre explosions furent nécessaires pour pulvériser le Krakatoa, et produire un impact terrible sur toute la région, projeter dans l?atmosphère des centaines de milliers de tonnes de cendres. L?explosion fut entendue au coeur de l?Australie et de l?Océan Indien, sur 10 % de la surface de la planète. Des vagues de plus de quarante mètres provoquèrent des raz de marée et firent plus de quarante mille victimes. On estime que cette éruption fit tomber la température du globe de 0,6 pendant 5 ans. Les couchers de soleil à Londres ou à Paris prirent des couleurs spectaculaires et inspirèrent de nombreux peintres?A travers de multiples témoignages et documents, Simon Winchester a reconstitué très précisément les minutes de cet événement planétaire dont les répercussions furent humaines, politiques - la fin de la domination hollandaise en Indonésie ? et scientifiques. Traduit de l?anglais (américain) par Thierry Pialat.
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