In 1883, the Krakatau (Krakatoa) volcano erupted in a series of four explosions that destroyed the surrounding island and killed more than 30,000 people. The eruption wreaked havoc on global weather patterns for the next five years.
Some 50 years later, the island of Anak Krakatau (Anak Krakatoa) emerged from the site of Krakatoa's fiery death.
Anak Krakatau — located east of Jakarta, Indonesia — has been active since 1927 and erupted nearly every year, according to a volcanologist-run website called Volcano Discovery, which catalogs information about volcanoes.