Mount Pinatubo
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Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains in Luzon in the Philippines. Located on the tripoint of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga provinces, most people were unaware of its eru
Mount Pinatubo after the 1991 eruption, the crater lake in 2012
Aerial view of Mount Pinatubo prior to 1991 eruption, March 1933
Pinatubo in April 1991, approximately two months in advance of the eruption.
The eruption column of Mount Pinatubo on June 12, 1991, three days before the climactic eruption
Novarupta
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Novarupta is a volcano located on the Alaska Peninsula on a slope of Trident Volcano in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 290 miles southwest of Anchorage. Novarupta was formed in 1912, during
Mount Pinatubo
…Pinatubo is known for its VEI-6 eruption on June 15, 1991, the second-largest terrestrial eruption of the 20th century after the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in Alaska. The eruption coincided with Typhoon Yunya making landfall in the Philippines, which brought a dangerous mix of ash and rain to nearby towns…
Novarupta's lava dome in June 2011
The 1912 eruption resulted in Mount Katmai losing a cubic mile of its summit. This photo shows Mount Katmai in 1913.
Colorful ash in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes