If you were born before summer 1991, the answer is yes. Sorry if you already felt a bit long in the tooth, but it"s true: Until 30 years ago, Lake Pinatubo was just a rumble in Mount Pinatubo"s magma-filled belly. It was a calamitous eruption on June 15, 1991—one of the 20th century"s most powerful—that blew off Pinatubo"s original summit and formed a vast crater, which gradually filled with water as greenery reclaimed the summit.
Are you older than this lake?
Today in History
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National Trails Day
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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The smoke before the bonfire
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A cliffside harbor in Sardinia
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Earth Day
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Tafilalet oasis in Morocco
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Let s run em up!
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Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
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Apple trees in spring, Germany
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It’s NASA’s 60th birthday
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Travel Sunday: San Francisco
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Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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Christmas lights in Domaso, Lake Como, Italy
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A view fit for a queen
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Solar Impulse 2 in Honolulu
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High tide at the walled city
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And the skies filled with bats…
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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Irohazaka Road in fall, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
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The view will stop you in your tracks
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Earth seen from the International Space Station
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A silent witness to history
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National Library Week
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Groundhog Day
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Pollinator Week
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This reef is nowhere near the sea…
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