The loudest sound ever

The loudest sound ever

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Krakatoa's blast circled the planet.

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0:00 The loudest sound in recorded history rang

0:03 out in eighteen eighty-three.

0:05 The volcano Krakatoa erupted so violently

0:08 that the boom was heard thousands of

0:12 kilometres away.

0:13 The pressure wave circled the planet several

0:16 times,

0:17 and sailors hundreds of kilometres off burst

0:20 their eardrums.