I think there's something totally engrossing about watching volcanic eruptions. It's in the same mold as those videos of buildings being deconstructed. You just can't look away.
(As an aside, when my kids were small we had a video that was nothing but things collapsing/being destroyed. They watched it at least a thousand times. It was a godsend.)
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Originally posted by Nina: (As an aside, when my kids were small we had a video that was nothing but things collapsing/being destroyed. They watched it at least a thousand times. It was a godsend.)
I need to find two of these videos.
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I stood on the rim of Taal in 2016 with coworkers. It was a big tourist event, we took a boat across the larger lake to the volcano whose crater was another lake, then hiked to the top (not terribly high really,our guide went up in flip flops..). There was a snack bar and tourist shop with a viewing platform...My coworkers, unbeknownst to me, had bought a souvenir for me..A volcanic rock on a little platform with my name painted on. There were fissures that put out sulfur but nothing that seemed dangerous. (I have roasted marshmallows on Pacaya in Guatemala). We encountered farmers on horses on the walk back down to the boats. It was beautiful.
Sadly most of the water just behind us now gone..Oh, the power of Mother Nature.
There were fissures that put out sulfur but nothing that seemed dangerous. (I have roasted marshmallows on Pacaya in Guatemala). We encountered farmers on horses on the walk back down to the boats. It was beautiful. 
