Toba Lake is a volcanic lake its length around 100 kilometers and 30 kilometers wide, located in North Sumatra province, Indonesia. This lake is the largest lake in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. In the middle of this lake there is a volcanic island called Samosir Island.
Toba Lake has long been an important object tourism beside Bukit Lawang in North Sumatra and Nias, Domestic and foreign tourists attracted.
Toba Lake happened estimated when the explosion occurred around 73000-75000 years ago and is the eruption Supervolcano . Bill Rose and Craig Chesner from Michigan Technological University estimate that volcanic materials of the mountain spit out as much as 2800 km ³, with 800 km ³ of ignimbrit rock and 2,000 km ³ the volcanic ash and its was brought by the wind to west for two weeks. Volcanic dust was brought by wind has spread to half the earth, from China to South Africa. The explosion occurred during one week and throw dust reaches 10 km above sea level.
Photos by Chmouel, he said :
I, Chmouel, took the photo when I was traveling in Sumatra Indonesia, more pictures of Sumatra and Toba Lake can be found here:
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