Tambora Volcano (IMAGE)

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Tambora Volcano

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Tambora on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa: the explosive eruption of this volcano 200 years ago cooled the climate and lead to a year without a summer.

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Photo: Jialiang Gao / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0

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