24+ Mount Tambora April 1815 Images. By the fall of 1815, eerily colored. In 1815, the volcano mount tambora on the island of sumbawa in the dutch east indies erupted in the most explosive volcanic eruption in human history.
Mount tambora, volcanic mountain on sumbawa island, indonesia, that in april 1815 exploded in the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history.
In 1815, the volcano mount tambora on the island of sumbawa in the dutch east indies erupted in the most explosive volcanic eruption in human history. The ash from the eruption dispersed around the world and lowered global temperatures in an event. Before the eruption, mount tambora was fourteen thousand feet tall and about the size of mount rainier. It was one of the most powerful volcanic eruptions in recorded history.