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June 15, 1991, the largest land-based volcanic eruption in living history - Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines - reaches its climax. Reporter Ted Aljibe barely escapes a pyroclastic flow caused by the collapse of the eruption column #OTD
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@a__cubed@edgarrmcgregor It's an area of 1 acre (66 feet x 660 feet) filled to a depth of 1 foot. Total volume of 43,560 cubic feet. It's a very common unit used when talking about large volumes of water.
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This photo looks normal until you realize what they are walking beside. It gets me every time.
Lahars after the Pinatubo 1991 eruption buried this area with around 5 m of deposits, 35 km away from the volcano.
Photo by Chris Newhall from here https://t.co/SSFcXkbJ4x