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Mount Baker's crater lake in 1976 formed due to glacial and snow me...

1905 (approx.)

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Mount Baker's crater lake in 1976 formed due to glacial and snow melt as a result of increased heat from magma beneath the surface. Fumarole on left ejecting gas at a velocity of 268 kph (167 mph).

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Public Domain.