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Mount Pinatubo

Pinatubo stands on western Luzon, northwest of Manila. Its 1991 eruption illustrates how a local volcanic event can reshape valleys and affect the global atmosphere.

Fast Facts

  • Its summit area became a caldera with a lake after the 1991 eruption.
  • Rain can remobilise loose eruption deposits into lahars.
  • Sulfur-rich aerosols from the eruption temporarily cooled the lower atmosphere.
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