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Tambora Caldera, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia
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Tambora Caldera, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia

NASA / JSC · 1988-10-03 · photograph (digital archive)

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STS026-038-056 (29 Sept. - 3 Oct. 1988) --- Tambora Caldera, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia as photographed with a 70mm handheld Hasselblad camera. Tambora is a 6-kilometer-wide and 650-meter-deep Caldera formed in 1815 as a result of a huge volcanic eruption. Gases from the eruption were ejected high into Earth's atmosphere and transported around the globe. The atmospheric gases trapped part of the incoming sunglint, resulting in extremely cold weather.

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EARTH OBSERVATIONS (FROM SPACE)INDONESIAISLANDSOCEANSPACIFIC ISLANDS STS-26VOLCANOES
Credit lineTambora Caldera, Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. NASA/JSC, 1988-10-03. Public domain. ID: s26-38-056.
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