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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Chilling out in the Arctic
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A circular celebration
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Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska
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A tree amid the Tetons
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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Aloe in bloom
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Kluane National Park
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Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
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Arbor Day
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Here, fishy!
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Cherry blossom season in Tokyo
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Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
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Darwin Day
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Göreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
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Pining for spring
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Arbor Day
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Into the woods
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Superbloom in Carrizo Plain National Monument, California
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A theatrical dream
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Womens History Month
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World Rivers Day
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The town of Pienza in Tuscany, Italy
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A bohemian feline
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Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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National Napping Day
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Yi Peng lantern festival, Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Bản Giốc–Detian Falls, Vietnam
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Uredd Rest Area, Norway
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Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
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Cape Town at dusk
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