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 Blueberry Day
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‘Ciao’ from Varenna
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Protecting wildlife today and tomorrow
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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National Umbrella Day
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American bison
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Leap day
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Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
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Venture into a prehistoric gallery of art
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It s superb owl Sunday
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Astronomy Day
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Saskatchewan s spookier side
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Get the bear facts
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Exploring the Pearl of the Atlantic
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Oktoberfest, Munich, Germany
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Thomsons gazelles, Maasai Mara, Kenya
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US Election Day
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Gardens by the Bay nature park, Singapore
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Roques de Benet, Els Ports Natural Park, Catalonia, Spain
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In the Himalayas for International Mountain Day
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A tower of remembrance
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Misool, Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia
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National Napping Day
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Patriot Day
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Happy New Year!
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico
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Glowworm caves in Australia
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Great Backyard Bird Count