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During the last few centuries a few volcanoes have blasted their

Summary: During the last few centuries a few volcanoes have blasted their imprints onto human history The June 1991 eruption of Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines injected large amounts of ash and sulfur dioxide gas into the atmosphere causing global temperatures to fall an estimated mean of 0 4 degrees Fahrenheit over two years When the Indonesian volcano Krakatoa erupted in 1883 the explosion and resulting tsunamis killed 36 000 people The eruption dropped global temperatures about one degree Fahrenheit and caused striking multi colored sunsets around the world One blood red sunset likely inspired Norwegian painter Edvard Munch to create The Scream He wrote I sensed a great infinite scream run through nature Some Indonesian Muslims saw the eruption as a sign of God s displeasure this may have initiated a period of political unrest that historians say started the long movement for independence from Dutch rule The larger Mount Tambora eruption rocked Indonesia in 1815 leading to the deaths of at least 71 000 people and extinguishing the Tambora language The blast caused temperatures to fall about 1 3 degrees F making 1816 the year without a summer The worst weather year in recorded European history led to crop failures that forced tens of thousands of people to emigrate to America The cool weather also touched the world of literature That summer Mary Shelley and her husband were guests of Lord Byron at his home on Lake Geneva Cold temperatures kept the group indoors where they told stories Mary Shelley s yarns allegedly became the basis for her novel Frankenstein Image Search Content inclusion

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