In 1815, there was a tremendous volcanic explosion in Indonesia, with millions of tons of dust, ash, and gas spewed into the upper atmosphere. The next year, all that debris blocked the sun’s energy on the other side of the world to such an extent that the people of Appalachia called 1816 “eighteen hundred and froze to death.”
Today we tell that story.
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