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The EVE of DESTRUCTION: TOBA, Sumatra, Indonesia:
MANKIND's EXTINCTION Level Event ... ALMOST!
(1 July 2008)
http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/southeast_asia/indonesia/toba.html
EXTINCTION FLASHPOINT: Just as the DINOSAURS met their EXTINCTION LEVEL
EVENT ~65.5 MYA, the GREATEST crisis to afflict the human race pushed
Homo sapiens to the edge of EXTINCTION 71,000 YA as the TOBA ERUPTION
spewed 670 cubic miles of volcanic material into the atmosphere making
it the MOST VIOLENT ERUPTION of the last 2 million years. However, as
the climate gradually improved, the human population exploded, growing
exponentially as it once again spread across the world.
IMAGE #1: Landsat image of The TOBA CALDERA. Image courtesy of the
Landsat Pathfinder Project.
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IMAGE #2: Map of the TOBA CALDERA showing faults and updomed areas. /
1986 © M D Knight - MUST CREDIT -
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IMAGE #3: SCARS OF THE EARTH: Photograph of The TOBA CRATER Lake which
is 18 X 60 miles with an average depth of 1,485 ft. / 1996 ©
Photographers A.M. & K.D.Hollitzer. - MUST CREDIT -
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IMAGE #4: Comparison of volumes produced by some of the greatest
VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS. NOTE the amount of volcanic material spewed into the
atmosphere between TOBA [2,800 cubic km] and that of Mount St Helens of
May 1980 that produced 1 cubic km of ash.
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IMAGE #5: TOBA is located near the Sumatra Fracture Zone (SFZ).
VOLCANISM is the result of the subduction of the Indian Ocean plate
under the Eurasian plate. / 1986 © M D Knight - MUST CREDIT -
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