Active Volcanoes, Active Imaginations: Fire-Spitting Mountains and Subterraneous Roars in the German Territories in the Summer of 1783

• Published in: Global Environment
• Main Author: Kleemann, Katrin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: White Horse Press 2022
• Subjects: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law; History; Global and Planetary Change; Laki; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.3197/ge.2022.150302; https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/whp/ge/2022/00000015/00000003/art00004

In the summer of 1783, a sulphuric, dry fog that lasted for several weeks covered much of Europe. As a result, the sun, moon and other celestial objects appeared 'blood-red'. Speculation in Europe was rife as to the cause of this unusual weather. In Iceland, the Laki fissure had erupted; f...