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The summit of Bali's Gunung Agung contains a 500-m-wide, 200-m-deep crater that is the source of the historical eruptions. Gray lava flows and brown tephra layers from explosive eruptions are exposed in the crater wall. Photo by Sumarna Hamidi, 1973 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).

The summit of Bali's Gunung Agung contains a 500-m-wide, 200-m-deep crater that is the source of the historical eruptions. Gray lava flows and brown tephra layers from explosive eruptions are exposed in the crater wall.

Photo by Sumarna Hamidi, 1973 (Volcanological Survey of Indonesia).

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