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"Beautiful as you can see yet dangerous as it can be."

When I was a kid, I've always been fascinated of unique and astonishing views. That's why one of my goals in life is to visit the known and active volcano in the Philippines - the Mayon Volcano.

Mayon Volcano is considered as the perfectly shaped volcano in the Philippines; but beware, it is our most active volcano. If I was not mistaken, there are around 50 volcanoes in our country and only 8 of them are recently considered as active. These volcanoes are Mt. Taal, Mt. Kanlaon, Mt. Bulusan, Mt. Smith, Mt. Hibok-hibok, Mt. Pinatubo, Mt. Musuan and Mt. Mayon.

The recent news about Mt. Mayon

MAYON VOLCANO LATEST UPDATE! Youtube

For the past 2 decades since 1997 to 2017, there were four (4) major eruptions of Mt. Mayon recorded by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS). And this time around, it seems like the volcano is showing again some signs for eruption. See the news of CNN.

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I think we already know what is a volcano is, and the difference between lava and magma; it was introduced during our elementary days.

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