The landscape around Mount Pinatubo is evolving again 16 years after a gigantic volcanic eruption killed more than 1,500 people and sent a cloud of ash into the atmosphere cooling world temperatures for years.
The fine sand deposited by the 1991 eruption over the surrounding countryside is being kicked up by sport utilities driven by adventure tourists coming to swim or ride kayaks on Pinatubo's large, mildly acidic crater lake.
Of the 300 volcanos scattered throughout this Southeast Asian archipelago, 22 are active while 27 are classified as "potentially active".
Despite the danger the government is looking at ways of turning these dormant monsters into money-spinning tourist drawcards. People go out of their way to see the impact of eruptions.
During last year's deadly eruptions of the Mayon volcano 340 kilometres (210 miles) southeast of Manila tourists flocked to the area to catch a glimpse of the eruptions.
Source: www.straitstimes.com
The fine sand deposited by the 1991 eruption over the surrounding countryside is being kicked up by sport utilities driven by adventure tourists coming to swim or ride kayaks on Pinatubo's large, mildly acidic crater lake.
Of the 300 volcanos scattered throughout this Southeast Asian archipelago, 22 are active while 27 are classified as "potentially active".
Despite the danger the government is looking at ways of turning these dormant monsters into money-spinning tourist drawcards. People go out of their way to see the impact of eruptions.
During last year's deadly eruptions of the Mayon volcano 340 kilometres (210 miles) southeast of Manila tourists flocked to the area to catch a glimpse of the eruptions.
Source: www.straitstimes.com
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