V. Aso We spent the next two days in the Aso Caldera, a vast bowl some 80 kilometers across left by the collapse of a prehistoric volcano, out of which protrude five newer peaks, one of them-Nakadake-still active. Nakadake Volcano Crater, Aso Caldera (SA) Mt. Aso (SA) The area is extremely fertile, the caldera floor [...]
Posted on September 16th, 2011 by W. D. Ehrhart
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