#mount pinatubo

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[rodpower78]

Mount Pinatubo erupting in 1991.

[spiced-wine-fic]

A car escaping the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines, 1991. Photo by Sir Albert Garcia/Manila Bulletin.

[davidstanleytravel]

San Guillermo Parish Church at Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines, was partially buried in lahar during the 1993 eruption of Mount Pinatubo.

[mythos-theos]

Filipino Mythology Week → Day 5: Mythical Locations/Places

Mountains in Filipino Mythology

[mistons]

1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo, Philippines. “It launched 20 million metric tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere and cooled Earth by about one degree Fahrenheit.” - Nat’l Geo. Photo Alberto Garcia 

[volcanoes-and-lightning]

2011 eruption of Mount Pinatubo (Philippines).

[dolm]

Mount Pinatubo, Philippines - Yann Arthus-Bertrand

Mount Pinatubo’s eruption in 1991, the biggest of the twentieth century, blew 30 million tons of sulphates into the atmosphere to altitudes of up 34km. The veil of aerosols lowered by 2 % the solar radiation available for the planet. The result during 1992 and 1993 was a global fall in ground temperatures of several tenths of a degree. This event -like Mount Agung, Indonesia, in 1963 and El Chichón, Mexico, in 1982- show how much the emission, of particles in the atmosphere can have effects on the whole planet. Like this fires of forests started in Southeast Asia emit pollutants which contribute to the formation of brown clouds. By veiling sunlight and by depositing acid particles on the fertile grounds, this artificial fog has serious climatic and agricultural consequences in several countries.