Mount Tambora. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of Mount Tambora volcano (upper left), on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. The volcano's summ

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Mount Tambora. View from the International Space Station (ISS) of Mount Tambora volcano (upper left), on Sumbawa Island, Indonesia. The volcano's summit caldera, an area of collapsed land resulting from a volcanic eruption, measures 6 kilometres across and is 800 metres deep. The caldera was formed in 1815 after a huge explosion that ejected massive amounts of ash and sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. Global cooling caused by the eruption led to 1816 being called 'the year without a summer'. Image obtained during Expedition 28 to the ISS, at 01:38 UTC on 6 August 2011.

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