Beauty at the end of a disaster!! the volcanic eruption that created this crater lake of Toba was supposed to be the largest and the most disastrous eruption in history - happened 25k years ago and wiped out probably the then "homo sapiens". Homo sapiens came into existence some 400,000 years ago....
the lake is in North Sumatra - the homeland of Batak people.
It was quite amazing to read how the lake was formed. My understanding of the lake formation is depicted in the following badly done paint drawing -
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