43+ Personal Accounts Mount Tambora Eruption Pictures. Its 1815 explosion was possibly the most destructive ever recorded. Apart from killing tens of thousands of people and plunging south.
Its eruption in 1815 is the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history and is considered one of the greatest natural disasters ever to befall mankind.
Tambora was not, however, the most violent volcanic eruption of all time. The eruption of the mt. Those that entered in crater, have noticed a lava dome that is costantly growing. Dramatic sunsets after volcanic eruptions resonated with artists like william turner, caspar david friedrich and edvard munch.