44+ Mount Tambora Earth Pictures. Its eruption in 1815 is the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history and is considered one of the greatest natural. Mount tambora ejected so much ash and aerosols into the atmosphere that the sky darkened and the sun was blocked from view.
Mount tambora is on the island at the southeastern corner (lower right) of the sundra plate.
The 1815 eruption of mount tambora was the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded human history, with a volcanic explosivity index (vei) of 7. This is a difficult mountain to reach let alone climb. Mount tambora isn't always destructive. Mount tambora is on the island at the southeastern corner (lower right) of the sundra plate.