A Volcano Hidden in Plain Sight; The Laguna Caldera in the Philippines

[@neamhai]

If you keep going SW from Mt. Sembrano, there's a dive site in Batangas Bay called "Bubbles" - because volcanic gasses bubble up from the sea floor. It's like swimming through a tub of carbonated water. And the ground is noticeably warm - enough that last week there were a couple of places where I put my hand down and the heat became uncomfortable after a few seconds. Thanks for all your hard work!

[@iselfidentifyah64eapache]

There's a hot spring at Mabini, Batangas. The hot water is piped to a nearby resort.

[@kilometer6712]

@@iselfidentifyah64eapache yeah Laguna has lots of hot springs too. People don't aware Mt. Banahaw, Mt. Makiling, Taal Volcano, Taal lake, Laguna bay and many lagoons were all volcanos all near metro manila

[@alice_agogo]

@@kilometer6712 they're still outside. Our province has 2 active volcanoes in view of each other

[@mikeinjapan2004]

Well Philippines is on the Pacific Ring Of Fire so no surprises....

[@merceditapeterson9624]

Thank you

[@dboconnor57]

When my parents and I lived in the Philippines, we were near Laguna and Taal, and would visit them at least twice s as year. I’ve loved volcanoes since I was a boy, and being in an environment like that wasn’t scary, but in fact was thrilling. My friends and family thought I was a bit odd, but dad and I would drive to Taal whenever it rumbled, binoculars and history books in hand. Come to think of it, we crawled all over at least half a dozen volcanoes while living there. Thank you for your videos on Philippine volcanoes then, I’ve been enthralled and have learned many new things.

[@alice_agogo]

Are you that guy with the Pinay nanny that was featured on TV?

[@lancetheking7524]

How are you alive, tho sounds exciting

[@CocaineCowboyJones]

In 2020, Taal was exploded after 114 after its last explosion. And 2021 as well

[@dralord1307]

For those who dont know there is evidence that the lake around Taal used to be sea water, and there are supposed to be buried/underwater settlements.

[@williebeamish5879]

And no one's looked for them yet?

[@dralord1307]

@@williebeamish5879 They have, thats where the evidence comes from. Ocean shellfish, sponges etc were found. Along with churches and other stone buildings

[@manuelmayo8760]

Yes that's true. Prior to the 1754 eruption, it was part of the bay inlet to Balayan Bay to the SW. The eruption enclosed the area with only a river feeding into the sea. That's the origin of the Tawilis species (one of the smallest and think the only species of freshwater sardines in the world) since they had to evolve from living in saltwater to freshwater.

[@thebasedone2182]

it's historically confirmed. Taal Lake used to have bull sharks, but was hunted down.

[@IntrepidIanRinon]

In the town of San Nicolas (where my mother was born and raised), there is the ruins of Old St Martin's Church (as the town is the old site of the town of Taal) near the town hall and the lakeshore. It is created out of coral rocks. Locals still call the lake "dagat" (sea). So yeah, Taal was once a saltwater lake, and to this day, still smells briny.

[@running2standstill685]

I am a filipino and was born in Legazpi, at the foot of Mt Mayon Volcano, first I saw it erupt was in 1984 and it was erupting when i was born in 1978. I am mesmerized by the power of volcanoes ever since i was a kid. Thanks for this piece. I have always been interested by the eruptive history of the Laguna Caldera and als the Laguna Volcanic Fields.

[@Zeljgaming0308]

I have been waiting for this. I am from Manila which is around 30 to 40 kms nearby. Thanks GeologyHub more power

[@gwenb.4179]

I am from Cainta, Rizal in the Philippines and have been to Laguna de Bay many times and seen this Caldera. Hope it doesn't erupt. It could be devastating to us. Also, in 1996, I visited the Bicol Province and stayed in my cousin's place where their home is situated on a hill facing Mayon Volcano. Everyday, I just kept staring at it. Hypnotized and lured by its beauty. Then in 2018, I went to Taal Crater and it was so beautiful. At least I get the chance to enjoy the scenery before it erupts in 2020. I love Volcanoes. They are fascinating and like sleeping giants. Luv your channel that is why I am subscribed to it. I learned a lot of stuff about volcanoes.

[@mrv6968]

I live directly between Mt Pinatubo and another volcano called Mt Arayat. I am planning on buying some land at the base of Mt Ararat. We are strange species knowing very well that the land we build on will someday explode. I love your videos and always find it humbling to know the ground I am living on is as unstable as it is.

[@GeologyHub]

Arayat is a weird case. It’s apparently dormant with no volcanic activity younger than 100,000 years old (or at least that I know of, there might be some but it hasn’t erupted since the end of the last ice age). Yet, it displays occasionally degassing events and has thermal features. Sort of reminds me of the Steamboat springs volcano in Nevada. Recommendation; buy some CO2 (and preferentially SO2 / H2S) detecting equipment. Make sure there isn’t elevated levels on the land you are buying from a hidden fumarole.

[@SpaceLover-he9fj]

I occasionally see Mount Arayat. Its summit crater seems to be breached towards the west.

[@iselfidentifyah64eapache]

@@GeologyHub could Arayat be a result of a hot spot or something? I find it weird in that it rises alone from a plain. Also, could you do a video series on the chain of volcanoes from Corregidor to Mariveles to Natib? Always been curious about this volcanic chain and if Pinatubo could be considered part of it. I love this channel. It's so awesome!

[@GeologyHub]

@@SpaceLover-he9fj this could be either due to ancient summit collapse or long term erosion of a hydrothermally altered area

[@SpaceLover-he9fj]

Yes. Both seem to be possible.

[@AndisweatherCenter]

Nice!!! I was waiting so long for you to cover that Caldera. That fsct there are so many calderas and stratocones in the vicinity, heavily implies that there is a large magma reservoir under Taal, Laguna field, Laguna caldera and Banashaw volcano.

[@huntermossakajunkerman9646]

That's pretty scary to think about.

[@fv6125]

@@huntermossakajunkerman9646 Yeah, and I live in Los Baños, Laguna

[@SpaceLover-he9fj]

Definitely. I can’t imagine a scenario where a large eruption happens at Manila’s center !

[@kencorp1390]

The volcanic rock garden found in Ateneo grade school campus was believed to have come from the Taal supervolcano or the Laguna supervolcano, which is closer to the University.

[@OpaSpielt]

Thank you for this again very interesting video. I'll share it immediately with my Philippine friend. Have a nice day 🖐👴

[@gregorydiggs9227]

I feel those 2 volcanoes are connected and that fissure linking the 2 after Taal's big eruption was where the magma conduit collapsed after that eruption. Seems like to me that the Manila area could really be jeopardized by an eruption from this complex.

[@emerlabra1934]

I live in Taguig, City, a place on the northern tip of the biggest lobe of "Mega-Godzilla's" foot print, just wanna say my appreciation to you for discussing this topic in your video. As always, learned something new. 👍👍

[@DoodleDARKO]

The thumbnail looks... interesting when turned upside down. Interesting is definitely the word for it lmao

[@huskytail]

I was scrolling to see if only I had seen this and had this.. in mind 😁. Phew, I found your comment

[@huntermossakajunkerman9646]

Wow! You're right! 😂

[@PMAngst]

An underrated caldera really! Thank u for highlighting this caldera. Not a lot of locals here are aware of this caldera.

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

Oh wow, I live within the red circle while also being near the monogenetic volcanic field. What a nice place to be in

[@clarenceghammjr1326]

Don't ever set the camera down🤣, greetings, I'm coming to pasay this month,

[@harmharm3490]

Is the rest of the lake also formed by (older) volcanic eruptions? The shape of the lake looks like three or four massive calderas joined together.

[@christianbuczko1481]

Id say very likely. I doubt the similarity is a coincidence..

[@AndisweatherCenter]

Yup. There is likely a magma reservoir under Laguna caldera and even the Taal volcano.

[@jefferyindorf699]

I agree, three or more calderas made that. ...or Godzilla paid a visit.

[@wolfmama7879]

The laguna caldera was formed by the volcano 🌋 eruption 🌋. Yes it is made of three different calderas joined together.

[@GeologyHub]

I can’t say for sure. Couldn’t find information on the other 2 lobes of the lake. For now I’m assuming they are sort of miniature rift type low points unrelated to volcanism.

[@kishensookoo7815]

Wow! That's interesting to know. Taal may share a magma chamber with a much bigger and more dangerous volcano

[@psalmerperena4120]

They are almost the same size. Taal volcano island is a small part of Taal caldera. Most of this caldera is under Taal Lake. It had been formed by more than one VEI 6-7 eruptions. Laguna de Bay lake is much bigger than Taal lake but Laguna caldera is only in the middle part of the whole Laguna de Bay lake, not the whole lake itself.

[@jop4649]

One suggestion for a video on a volcano, is the Usu Volcano/Toya Caldera in Hokkaido Japan. Massive eruption 90,000 years ago, Usu eruptions since 1663 having very predictable patterns leading to each eruption.

[@GeologyHub]

I can definitely cover this.

[@adriennefloreen]

Hi, it seems to me that Laguna and Taal are part of the same super volcano complex. Thank you for making a video about this, I have been telling people about this for years because there's a small town near where I live in California named "Manila" after the city in the Philippines. Also do you remember your last video when you said the volcano in Alaska might be the one not to watch because pyroclastic flows could go a few miles because when I replied and said you may wanna be a bit farther away than that or not watch that one, I was actually thinking about the eruption you are talking about in this video and other similar ones where pyroclastic flows have not gone 4 but 40 or more miles.

[@drianppppp502]

Supervulcano?

[@GeologyHub]

Examples of >50+ mile long PDCs in Alaska have occurred from fisher caldera, Aniakchak and potentially Okmok

[@jmarth523]

@@GeologyHub wow, that is incredible. The scale is insane. Are there maps of underground reservoirs with volcanos overlayed? Perhaps an entire overlay of the entire Aleutian volcanic arc?

[@adriennefloreen]

@@GeologyHub See that's exactly what I was thinking when you said "this might be the one to not watch." Even if they used the most advanced technology available to predict how far it would go and said that you could be 55 miles away and the pyroclastic flow would only go 50, I would be concerned that they could be wrong by 10%, and I'm sure even miles away from where the flow stopped there'd still be ash falling. If I knew some huge eruption was about to occur somehow and decided to film it, I'd probably be at least twice as far away as recommended, and I'd have to get a camera with a telescope built in.

[@goldshineee]

@@drianppppp502 No

[@lol_iyoutube]

It would be cool if you could cover the birth of Izalco volcano in El Salvador. The volcano was born on the slope of another volcano, illamatepec, but has its own separate magma system, so despite being next to each other, they are independent volcanoes.

[@needisnecessito8663]

Can you please do a video on Mt.Banahaw here in the Philippines, it's fairly close to Laguna. Banahaw is the Mt here in Quezon

[@TheCrewLT]

As an uninformed Norwegian I'd like to request a quick video like this. On the only active volcano on Norwegian territory, at Jan Mayen.

[@Slavicplayer251]

He has already made a video on Jan Mayen

[@Arthion]

You also own the remote Antarctic Bouvetøya/Bouvet Island with a volcano.

[@GeologyHub]

Here you go: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXKXp2R8ed-Mpbs

[@chrisr761]

You make great videos thank you

[@TrainLordJC]

I am in Manila at this very moment and having been brought up close to the Blue Lake Volcano of Mount Gambier in South Australia (and therefore developed a passion for volcanoes a number of which I have visited during many years of international travel) I also twice visited Taal Volcano again passing Laguna. It was interesting because I was trying to explain to my filipina wife and family about Taal Volcano and its huge eruption but as I allowed myself to gaze over this magnificent caldera (from the Leslie Restaurant lookout) and think about the eruption etc for the other locals it was just about taking pictures and selfies.

[@HONGKELDONGKEL1888]

local citizen from manila. last time miss taal blew her top she sent ash to our neck of the woods manila - and that was a minor eruption. i couldnt imagine how it was like during the 18th century eruption (when she closed the bay's link to the sea) and during the 1911 eruption (hundreds dead and just a handful survivors).

[@wavemaker2077]

I'm more amazed that people still buy properties in the vicinity of Taal knowing that it is an active volcano and can erupt anytime. I would visit that place but I will not live in that place.

[@joeymendoza563]

@@wavemaker2077 I

[@funnyperson4027]

thank you for this video

[@clarenceghammjr1326]

Thank you, I just love the Philippines, volcanoes, quakes, the war, and the people, just a great destination with the strong usd

[@TheMaster4534]

I just wonder with all the typhoons, volcanoes, and wars, the Filipinos didnt become an angry, vengeful people like the Russians, but rather "I'm used to this shit" Filipinos could have become the Russians of Southeast Asia, but for some reason we didnt.

[@mrconfusion87]

​​​​​​@@TheMaster4534 Truth be told, in online gaming forums we Filipinos are literally perceived as the "Russians of SE Asia" already by our neighbors. 🤣🤣🤣 The big difference is pretty much how our respective political elites deal with the outside world. The Yeltsin Era basically was Russia having a taste of how things would be like for them had their political elites behaved like the Filipino political elites instead. Meanwhile, Duterte's Presidency gave us an appetizer of what a tropical island version of Putinismo would look like. Despite that difference in political trajectory and ideology, somehow we ended up celebrating our national day on the same exact date of the year as they do (June 12) for some reason! 😊😜🤷‍♂️ But if you talk about average people, let me pluck from my own personal experience here (being a mid 30s Filipino urban yuppie who has a very diverse social circle). The Russians I come across in person here tend to blend in better with the majority population than any other Western nationality can! For instance, I have NEVER once come across a white American here who can blend in seemlessly with the so-called "Jologs" crowd (which is literally the majority of the country's population). On the other hand, it isn't difficult at all to do for Russians here! 😎🍻🇵🇭

[@AvoirJoseph]

Filipinos really be sharing everything

[@SpaceLover-he9fj]

THANK YOU FOR THIS GEOLOGY HUB! We were all waiting for this, so it is well appreciated! There is very little data on the Laguna caldera, and if in the very unlikely scenario that both Taal and the Laguna caldera erupted at their most ferociously at the same time, it would be utterly apocalyptic for Manila. Once again, Thank you! :D

[@CainSuzuko]

Born in Laguna, I didn't know that the middle lobe was actually a caldera. That's massive! I thought it was just a mere part of the Laguna Lake.

[@jenaangelaperano1379]

Amazing!! One my fave lake in Laguna is pandin it is beautiful and seems to be a caldera

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

I am living in the Philippines and am quite interested in these discussions. As you know, Taal has been quite active.

[@JAEGER111]

would love you to do some history on victoria, Australia - as a kid I always looked at the hills and thought they were volcanic, turns out they were, there's a few very old and not active volcanos in Australia would be very interesting

[@darrellturner560]

Here is the Aussie version of this wonder guy. I enjoy both regularly for their amazing educational content. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6SrloemgqiApZY Would be great to see them collaberate on a few world volcanic events. They are both very enthusiastic in their research.

[@GeologyHub]

I have an older video on the newer volcanics province volcanoes (Victoria + south Australia). Could attempt something more in depth later

[@psalmerperena4120]

Actually, Australia does not have a few very old and extinct volcanoes, it has SEVERAL of them. Australia has the extinct Ga Gawler range and Whitsunday volcanic provinces. These are similar in size and quantity to the extinct volcanoes of the Mid-Tertiary Ignimbrite Flare-Up in the USA (La Garita and Wah Wah Springs supervolcanoes are part of this group) and the Sierra Madre Occidental volcanic province in Mexico.

[@yvetteblack9370]

Mt Gambier’s Blue Lake & the mini blue lake

[@JAEGER111]

@@psalmerperena4120 YES only recently i went to mt Franklin and learnt of how recent it active only 2000-4000 years ago I believe :)

[@valentinsantiago277]

The population in this whole area is terrifying. Good Lord!

[@OpaSpielt]

Manila and the neighbouring cities are the most densely populated cities on earth, following Wikipedia. Hope the Laguna Caldera will sleep another 20,000 years. 🖐🙄

[@GingerJar]

Fascinating! Thanks for this. Love learning about Volcano systems. Thanks to all those giving their stories it the comments too.

[@conradyouerganagadier8316]

ive been living onthe edge of laguna de bay/laguna lake and were surprise we are living on the extinct volcano :)

[@elmerarancel903]

Oh my that laguna caldera you said in this video and talim island is very near in my hometown pililla rizal

[@KillberZomL4D42494]

Thank you for making this, i've been looking for info about this volcano.

[@elsongs]

Wow, I only learned of this caldera not too long ago. My dad's hometown (Pagsanjan, Laguna) is only 10 miles southeast of that caldera. I am very familiar with Taal during my family visits to the Philippines.

[@outlawbillionairez9780]

That's a cool theory. Like two balloons joined by a tube, the rapid release of pressure for the one, would also drain the second. I like it.👍

[@liezlannegahol7139]

Thru evidence, they said that Mt. Makiling is an active volcano over 2000 years ago(not yet confirmed) well much better to study and to keep us safe alive

[@ReymuxMusic]

I have bad feeling that this volcano may wake up sometime in this decade. Theres something in my guts that I cant explain.

[@ReymuxMusic]

If I heard Makiling I got shivers down my spine.

[@ReymuxMusic]

If this monster erupts. it would be 10-20 times horrific than 1991 Pinatubo eruption.

[@mrconfusion87]

Makes me wonder just how much of the Sierra Madre Mountains is formed by volcanoes as well... 🤔

[@mrconfusion87]

​@@ReymuxMusic That would put it at the range of Tambora, Samalas, Baekdu, Taupo and Ilopango! 🙈

[@jimjames5416]

The three toed footprint shown so boldly as the thumbnail pic is the best photographic evidence yet revealed that Godzilla walked the earth. Geology Hub, I salute your courage in the face of so many sceptics. Godzilla Lives. \0/

[@jerolvilladolid]

Volcanoes are literally so common in the Philippines that it is impossible to use a binocular without having a shadow of a volcano in the background wherever you point it.

[@NaldzHobbySide]

WOW! interesting.. I'm living very near to the Laguna Lake and i didn't know about that Caldera 😱 what i know is there's a lot of volcanoes here and some are not active, the most active one is the Taal volcano just recently erupted 2020

[@rhalfzanjoedicam8456]

I ever knew about this and that's big one, makes me remember that very very large caldera ( apolaki ), hmmm l wonder what it looks like at its former glory 🤔, l only can imagine because yea it sinks and l don't want to live at its "fall"🤯 Thanks for talking about it😊

[@MotoREEngr]

This is what I'm telling my high school teacher and my classmates several years ago which they don't believe. Thanks for the vid!

[@howitzersupercell240]

Thanks for covering this caldera. Hopefully you can also cover Hibok Hibok soon. I'm curious if this really is a Pelee-like volcano considering how dangerous it was during the 1950's eruption

[@timmyboi6087]

Crazy how much volcanic activity happened on the Philippines. Just from my city alone there was 7 lakes formed from volcanic activity.

[@noparkingnomercy3248]

San Pablo City?

[@timmyboi6087]

@@noparkingnomercy3248 yep

[@CaasiAndestein]

YES FINALLY - My filipino friend My friend lives in San Pablo

[@yootoober2009]

We live about 100 meters from the the edge of the largest of seven lakes in san Pablo City, Laguna.. It scares me sometimes to know that one day it or one of the other six lakes would reawaken and explode, knowing from where I am now, I can go in any direction north, south, east and west and we'll still run into a volcanic mountain...

[@merlista]

QUESTION: Why do some volcanoes not produce calderas? Do they not have a big enough magma chamber or is it deeper than others and cannot collapse? Or maybe the magma does not get expelled but just de-pressurizes? Thinking of the volcanoes near me - St. Helens, Hood & Rainier. Love the content! Thanks!

[@gsastudio-archl]

You're right, small magma chambers doesn't collapse

[@stansniva]

I'm from Laguna and i didn't know this until i saw your video

[@rayjohnfranco5171]

We live just few kilometers away from Laguna de Bay and this is very interesting to know. Could this be related to the fault line traversing Metro Manila?

[@peterblair6489]

Turn that thumbnail upside down. Lol

[@stecar9122003]

I guess that having a house 19km north of Taal in Silang, Cavite that we are in between them both but it's not going to change my life or change where we have our house. I was there at our house in Silang, Cavite when Taal erupted on January 12, 2020. What a mess everything was on that Monday with everything covered in volcanic ash and what made it worse was that it was mixed in with rain. I can only imagine the volcanic earthquakes that would happen if the one in Laguna de Bay would erupt. I couldn't keep count of the volcanic earthquakes that shook our house on that Sunday when Taal erupted but I'm glad that I got to see the eruption as it might have been a once in a lifetime thing to see.

[@jamesschuh8568]

😳Cool 😎 very interesting 👌 🤔😳🧐

[@rosemary6395]

I live near the area, there are no signs of volcanic activity, which means it is an active caldera, an ancient volcano. However an area is a source of geothermal power in Malaya.

[@rosemary6395]

Also laguna lake is shallow and full of silt and mud deposit from the mountains, this is a great environment for warm freshwater fishes and other animals like birds.

[@maikaymtgmng7612]

The fresh water from that place especially in cardona island are warm , now i know why

[@ToonMageChannel]

Whatever you do, don't turn your head or your phone upside down while looking at this video's thumbnail HAHAHAHAHA

[@magenagrima-xd7pi]

That is why many huge rocks bigger than house are found inserted along the sides of Sierra madre mountains facing that Laguna Caldera!

[@soly-dp-colo6388]

Hello, GeologyHub. Could you please make a video about Mount Bromo in Indonesia? I haven't seen any on your channel. Thank you very much.

[@FIRMVN15]

Up

[@JeloSantiago168]

I am from CALABARZON region and I am familiar on that caldera

[@mrconfusion87]

Yup! If you drive along the Manila East Road and go up the hills of Pililla near the windmills, you see the product of that eruption right in front of your eyes from that viewdeck!

[@nasugbubatangas]

If Taal is the "smaller version", I couldn't even imagine Laguna.

[@rhaxeedo]

laguna is known as the land of lakes. i have seen those lakes from above, while on an airplane and all those lakes look like calderas to me

[@jjqq9456]

On Talim island there is hot spring and around that area bubbles appearing in the waters

[@Kahayuman]

learned something today!!!

[@jerome6578]

Damn, Im from Laguna and I didnt even know theres a volcano or even a caldera in Laguna de bay

[@jayvee8502]

Thank GOD. IT is not as big as Toba caldera of Indonesia.

[@mrconfusion87]

Yup! Toba has been dubbed by scientists as the "BIG SISTER" of Yellowstone! For the sake of the entire Asia-Pacific, please stay asleep for at least a million years Lake Toba... 🙈🙏

[@MultiFandom8isFate]

For short, almost everything in NCR and provinces around Laguna de Bay are all volcanic.

[@mrconfusion87]

Yup! Practically much of Mega Manila is one big volcanic area!

[@onalem-6810]

I dont know man, but it looks like a foot print from Gojira

[@robboostph6689]

Been living in this area for more than 30 years now and I did not know I was just beside a sleeping volcano all this time.

[@kangkang5546]

Irosin Caldera and Bulusan Volcano in Province of Sorsogon, Bicol, Philippines. Please!

[@pransisangneymko]

I live in that area, Cardona Rizal. Hope it'll not erupt. It'll be devastating. We also have friends and relative on that island (talim island/godzilla footprint. :-) )

[@mrconfusion87]

Yup! Let her rest for at least another million years or so!

[@sylartick88]

I live in Quisao Pililla Rizal, my house is in the middle line from hypothetical center few kilometers away

[@mrconfusion87]

That explains why the soil is so fertile there that it remains quite green even in years where El Niño-induced droughts are so severe...

[@janjamesdegracia5190]

ive always thought that taal and laguna caldera are volcanoes that were once massive volcanoes.

[@mrconfusion87]

Looks like the scientific evidence is validating what you suspected... 😎

[@einezcrespo2107]

Yeah Taal could've stolen some magma from the Laguna Caldera. I recall Novarupta's 1912 eruption may have sucked Mt Katmai's magma chamber causing the summit to collapse...

[@RStabbin]

I love your channel, thanks for the informative content. I live near Lassen Park and noticed there were 10 earthquakes near the peak on 10/1, most were at the depth of 2-3 miles. Are these significant? Thank you

[@JoesEdits]

i wanna know if the second largest lake in the philippines is also a caldera. the lake is called *lake Lanao*

[@rafaelserapio5972]

told ya. Some fellow Filipino just didn't believe it they always say it's the Taal lol. It has been proven by PHIVOLCS that there REALLY IS LAGUNA CALDERA Two of it's remaining craters are found at Talim Island and the other one is at Mount Sembrano in Rizal

[@jai9587]

The towns around the caldera are a popular holiday destination, place has some height and therefore is pretty chilly. Popular bcs one of the few places in the Philippines where its kinda cold

[@giovannialmoro4207]

Thats why that part of the lake is quite warmer than the rest and there are bubbles coming from under the lake

[@alendreapolinario252]

Talim Island is the CATHEDRAL of the Laguna Caldera eruption.

[@scrappydoo7887]

I'd say that campi flegri probably qualifies as hidden in plain sight too. I wouldn't want to be living in either place.

[@kingzyjhiepelongco3593]

Mate, I am literally 26 Kilometers away in there

[@lordcanmore87]

The PHIVOLCS should conduct more research and study on this interesting caldera.

[@sircalvs459]

I will ask Enrile for this info :)

[@titakristengco]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@takundoy]

He survived the first eruption 😂

[@mrconfusion87]

Enrile be like: "Dear Diary..." 🤣🤣🤣

[@jcnbw01]

I currently live in Antipolo, which is right next to that caldera. nice to know should it ever blow up again.

[@arttheseven5526]

Damn I didn't knew that there was a volcano on this lake...

[@narulovechannel2249]

I am relieved, I thought it would easily

[@ludwigdelmo979]

Im living in laguna and i dont have any idea that theres an hidden volcano under the laguna da bay

[@napalmholocaust9093]

Finding stone tools under vast ash deposits is not unknown, an example is in southern India from about 40-50,000 years ago.

[@youwouldnotlikeitanyway]

I am from Laguna, and this somehow scared me

[@ayakinz1440]

Can you tell about stratovolcano/shield Tolbachic volcanic complex?

[@akosipalpogi]

The southern part of the lake (central and southern part of the Laguna province) is a big volcano complex called San Pablo (Laguna) volcanic field, which is a different volcano complex to the Taal Volcano Complex (TVC) and the Laguna Caldera, which is considered part of the Rizal province.

[@momomimi6915]

Can you talk about the possibility of Mount Santo Tomas erupting in the Baguio region of Benguet in the Philippines?

[@jennyvallecera9633]

ay nice nasa tapat ng bahay namen yung Caldera🤧

[@davidbrayshaw6162]

Hi - love following your site. I don’t know if you will respond but a question. Can the largest eruption be classed a a super eruption? Or is it one scarlet down from that? Because if it is active still then couldn’t it (if it has had a super eruption in the past) be classed as a potential super volcano?

[@robfrancis8830]

Is it possible taal is venting the buildup of laguna?

[@amirribates1042]

If you can also see at some maps of the Laguna Lake you might see several small craters that exist on the landscape for thousands of years now

[@juliusferrer2071]

might as well use terrain instead of satellite image so we can see the elevation

[@reily7795]

PLEASE INCLUDE MOUNT BALATUKAN VOLCANO OF MINDANAO, PHILIPPINES

[@ruzcelbeltran]

It was stronger than mt.pinatubo?

[@ReymuxMusic]

yep imagine High end VEI 6 to Low end VEI 7 blast!

[@ReymuxMusic]

Pinatubo erupts Low to high end VEI 6

[@ReymuxMusic]

the 1991 blast is a High end VEI 5 to Low end VEI 6. 13.0 KM³ of tephra ejected!

[@ReymuxMusic]

Heres my list of largest volcanic eruptions in history... 1815 Tambora Eruption - 150 KM³ (VEI 7) 3580 BCE Taal eruption - 50-60 KM³ (VEI 6+) 1883 Krakatoa Eruption - 45 KM³ (VEI 6) 1912 Novarupta Eruption - 31.2 KM³ (VEI 6) 1600 Huaynaputina Eruption - 30KM³ (VEI 6) 2022 Hunga Tonga - HH eruption - 14 KM³ (VEI 6) (in volcano discovery listed as VEI 5) 1991 Pinatubo Eruption - 13 KM³ (VEI 6) 1902 Santa Maria eruption - 10 KM³ (VEI 6) 1641 Mt Parker/Melibengoy - 9-12 KM³ (VEI 5?)

[@mrconfusion87]

At least 10-20x that of Pinatubo 1991 (basically a peer of Tambora, Samalas, Ilopango, Taupo and Baekdu - the five worst documented eruptions since the Birth of Christ)!