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Old 20-February-2004, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Amadeus
Those cracks in the crater look a bit like stretch marks. Could these be formed by the magma chamber cooling and shrinking?
Probably. Or as the caldera floor continued to settle after the eruption ended.
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