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| Born in Fire : Volcano of Santorini |
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If the eruption of the Santorini volcano was equivalent to that of Krakatoa, the sound of the explosion would have been heard to the Scandinavian peninsula . Professor Spyros Marinates wrote about this terrible eruption and its consequences: "Thera, a volcanic island, had in the past the round shape usual to such islands. For many centuries, the volcano had been sleeping. Flourishing settlements were built on the island, probably in part as a Minoan colony, because they had houses ornamented with frescoes, decorated pottery and remarkable utensils of every kind.
At some point the volcano erupted. In the beginning it emitted great amounts of pumice and volcanic ash which covered the island under a layer 30 meters deep. The sea around the island was covered by pumice in an area of thousands of meters. The settlements of the island were buried under this layer. Finally, in a paroxysm, the volcano blew up and sank the whole central and western part of the island, forming today's caldera, the largest of its kind. Only the eastern, sickle-shaped, part of the previously round island remained above the waves, while from the western part, which was sunk, two shoals-rather than islands- remained, Thirassia and Aspronisi. Volcanoes are divided into families.
A sister volcano to Thera is Krakatoa, in the Indian Ocean , the great eruption of which took place on 1887. Geologists tell us that the same things happened to Thera as to Krakatoa. Thus we have an unusual vessel to recreate the results of the eruption of Thera. The 1887 eruption caused terrible damage around Krakatoa. Day became night in a radious of , 150 km. or more.
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Santorini DVD |
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This DVD is comprehensive Santorini guide and includes movie about island, area history and volcano of Santorini....more
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