Krakatoa: Day That Shook the World

NATURE brings the beauty and wonder of the natural world into your home, becoming in the process the benchmark for natural history programs.

Season 4 Episode 1 | 56m 46s | CC

The 1883 eruption of Krakatau blows open a six-and-a-half mile hole and causes tsunamis killing more than 40,000 people.

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