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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National Trails Day
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World Meteorological Day
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The Millennium at 20
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A long winter’s nap, perhaps?
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Behold the mighty Aldeyjarfoss
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Big sky at Big Bend
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Invisible no longer
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Happy birthday to the Peak!
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Have you turned off your electronic device?
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Nakupenda Beach Nature Reserve, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Common blue butterfly
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European river otter, Netherlands
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The Great Glen
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Yarn for Distaff Day
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National Bison Day
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Basking in the glow
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World Honey Bee Day
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Why, aloe there
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A house of grand scale(s)
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Fresh water on the Silk Road
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Cinco de Mayo
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Mountains fit for a queen
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Building detail of Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
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