Taal Volcano Crater

Taal Volcano Crater
Originally uploaded by john edward.

This was taken at the rim of the volcanic crater. Taal volcano is one the most active volcanoes in this century with 33 eruptions recorded since 1572. Interestingly, theres a whole community living in the island created by the numerous magma flows of the past. The residents are very poor and earn a living by renting their ponies and serving as guide to the rim of the crater.

They say it's the smallest volcano in the world but the mouth of crater is huge up close. It's a very high bandwidth volcano so to speak. It's hard to imagine the whole thing erupting and spewing molten rock!! The biggest explosion recorded was in the 70's where ash reached as far away as Manila more than 50KM away.