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Mount Bandai (Bandaisan) is a 1816 meter tall, dormant volcano overlooking Aizu-Wakamatsu in western Fukushima Prefecture. One of the 100 famous mountains of Japan, it used to have a conical shape that earned it the nickname Aizu-Fuji due to is resemblance to Mount Fuji. However in 1888, Mount Bandai underwent the most devastating volcanic eruption in recent Japanese history, which drastically changed the mountain's shape and formed the Urabandai area behind the volcano.

A close-up look at the perimeter of Mount Aso Crater, which is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world.

At the end of the hike to the crater rim of Chaiten volcano there is a great view into the caldera

Abandoned Marble Quarry with view of lake Baikal in the village of Buguldeika from air.

$View into the lava lake inside the crater of Nyiragongo volcano – this is the largest lava lake on earth. \n\nThe 3470 m high volcano Nyiragongo belongs to the group of Virunga volcanoes in the border triangle of DR Congo, Uganda and Rwanda and is one of the most dangerous volcanoes on earth. The nearby city of Goma (the capital of the Congolese province of North Kivu) is constantly threatened by the nearby volcano.$