🌋Mount Tambora's eruption in 1815 was the largest volcanic eruption in history, with a volcanic explosivity index (VEI) of 7.
❄️The eruption released a massive amount of sulfur into the atmosphere, leading to global cooling and the year without summer in 1816.
🌍The aftermath of Tambora's eruption had far-reaching effects, including migration patterns, literature, art, and politics.
🔥The eruption caused the immediate destruction of settlements within a 20-kilometer radius of the volcano, leading to thousands of deaths.
🌾The eruption resulted in widespread famine and disease, with crop failures and food shortages affecting millions of people.