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caldera: Media
geology
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Discover how the volcanic disruption of Mount Mazama created Crater Lake
Volcanic history of Crater Lake (with animation).
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summit caldera of Mount Tambora
Aerial view of the summit caldera of Mount Tambora, Sumbawa island, Indonesia.
NASA/JSC
Taal volcano
Volcano Island rises from Taal Lake, which fills a broad, shallow caldera created...
Peter Mouginis-Mark, Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii
Sacajawea Patera
Sacajawea Patera, an elongated caldera in the western Ishtar Terra highland of Venus,...
Photo NASA/JPL/Caltech (NASA photo # PIA00485)
volcanic landforms
The landforms shown at left and right are vertically exaggerated, and those shown...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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