Lake Toba, as seen from Samosir Island (N. Sumatra, Indonesia), is today’s travel photo. The lake, which is nearly the same size as Singapore (100 kilometres long and 30 kilometres wide), is the result of the eruptions of a ‘super volcano’ that occurred about 70,000 years ago.
Lake Toba/Samosir Island
It is the largest lake in Indonesia and the largest volcanic lake in the world. What makes it interesting is that Samosir, the island I was on while shooting the photo, is in the middle of the lake, which is on an island–Sumatra itself. An ‘island in an island.’
It’s also fascinating because of the people–the Bataks–who live there. More on them coming soon…
Photographic Details
Camera: Olympus XZ-1
F-stop: F 7
Shutter: 1/800
ISO: 100
Experiences/Reactions
Are you a fan of lakes? If so, which one/s and where?
Have you been to Lake Toba? If so, what did you think? Were you active there? Or did you, like many people, really take it easy? I didn’t do much at all. Read a few books and relaxed…and it was great!
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PS: I may be doing several photo essays on Lake Toba–weddings, the Batak people and all the wonderful nature found there. Stay tuned…
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