(Above) Anak Krakatau, before the Dec 22 eruption. The relatively flat background is Sertung island. (Bottom) After the Dec 22 eruption, Anak Krakatau (pink line) is lower than Sertung island (red line). Yellow arrow is the height of Sertung island. PHOTOS: INDONESIA'S GEOLOGICAL AGENCY.
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Anak Krakatau has lost about two-thirds of its height and three-quarters of its mass since the Dec 22 eruption that spawned a deadly tsunami, leaving more than 400 people killed and thousands injured, Indonesia's national geological agency told a media briefing on Saturday (Dec 29).
The agency was able to carry out visual checks near the erupting volcano after the bad weather subsided on Friday. The volcano lies in the Sunda Strait separating Java and Sumatra islands.
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