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.
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Today in History
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Earth Day
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Pollinator Week
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Valentines Day
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Lizard of mystery
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Prague, Czech Republic
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A red knot on the Shetland Islands, Scotland
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We stand with Ukraine
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Where the wildflowers grow