Maybe for people who like to vacation in beautiful places in the world, the name of Lake Toba is not foreign. Besides being one of the places that have the most beautiful panoramic views of the world, Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake in Indonesia, even the largest in Southeast Asia. Lake Toba is located 906 meters above sea level, with broad reaches 1700 square meters and a depth of up to 450 meters.
Anyone who came to Lake Toba, would be amazed and stunned to see the magic panorama formed by nature, until they can not say, and unable to describe the beauty of it. Beautiful nature around Lake Toba which is the main attraction for local and foreign tourists who come to Lake Toba.
If you want a vacation to Lake Toba, many travel services that provide travel services to Lake Toba, you can look at online sites on the Internet. Regarding lodging vacation, you do not need to worry, because many hotels and lodging places around the Lake Toba. Ranging from five-star hotel with exclusive amenities, to the standard hotel fare.
There’s a pretty horrific stories behind the scenic beauty of this lake Toba. According to experts, the lake was formed after the Toba super volcano eruption around 73000-75000 years ago. Volcanic eruption of dust that spread down to half the surface of the earth, and throw the dust up to 10 km above sea level. It happened for 1 week and caused great fear.
Super volcano eruption at the time, estimated spewed volcanic materials as much as 2800 cubic km, and 800 cubic km of rock Ignimbrite, and 2000 cubic kilometers of volcanic ash. That incident resulted in mass death, and extinction of some species. Of the 60 million number of people at that time, the population decreased by 60% due to the volcanic eruption of Mount Strikes.
After the eruption, then formed a caldera that later fills with water and become who has the beauty of Lake Toba, as now, through the process for thousands of years. According to some experts volcanic research, Samosir Island at the center of Lake Toba, the upward pressure caused by magma that has not come out, so that the foundations of the earth encouraged to come out and formed an island. That is the beauty and blessings that happened behind the natural disasters that are very scary.
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