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Mt. Pinatubo Crater Lake | by 13thFOOL
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Mt. Pinatubo Crater Lake

Mt. Pinatubo’s crater-lake is stunningly beautiful – unearthly and surreal. What makes the crater-lake special is its turquoise/aquamarine colored water which pops against Pinatubo’s bleak and lonely-looking caldera.

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Background:

 

Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano located on the island of Luzon, at the intersection of the borders of the Philippine provinces of Zambales, Tarlac, and Pampanga.

 

The volcano's Plinian/ Ultra-Plinian eruption (~VEI 6) in June 1991 produced the second largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century (after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta) and the largest eruption in living memory.

 

The effects of the eruption were felt worldwide. It ejected roughly 10 billion metric tonnes (10 cubic kilometres) of magma, and 20 million tons of SO2, bringing vast quantities of minerals and metals to the surface environment. It injected large amounts of aerosols into the stratosphere – more than any eruption since that of Krakatoa in 1883. Over the following months, the aerosols formed a global layer of sulfuric acid haze. Global temperatures dropped by about 0.5 °C (0.9 °F), and ozone depletion temporarily increased substantially. For more information visit - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pinatubo

 

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Taken on December 4, 2010