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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Fireflies glowing above a stream, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
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World Meerkat Day
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International Tiger Day
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New Years Eve in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The largest American bison around
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Porto Flavia, Sardinia, Italy
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In the belly of Fat Bear Week
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A story of wind and ice
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Native American Heritage Month
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Ring of Brodgar, Orkney, Scotland
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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Stepping stones in Tollymore Forest Park, Northern Ireland
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Purple flowers and Golden Week
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Alaska Day
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St. James Tidal Pool, Cape Town, South Africa
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Wild turkeys in repose
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Oh, happy day!
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harlem
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Hanging out on a limb
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Relationship status: It s complicated
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Songkran—Thai New Year
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Native American Heritage Day
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Tracking ships on the Day of the Seafarer
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Join us in celebrating World Water Day
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Wild and beautiful Alaska
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Hay bales in North Yorkshire, England
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Totally Thames Festival, London
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Happy Easter!
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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Lanterns alight in Pingxi
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