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Was on the road today. Again.

We were going to a place called Karuizawa, but I didn't really know what I'd find there until we arrived . I wasn't bothered.

And the ride was boring. Comfortable, yet boring.

But, I was no longer bored when I saw what was there.
It was a place where you can see the remains of the last eruption of the volcano Asama, which happened in 1783.

This is the volcano:




And these are the remains of the eruption:




So what? You'd ask.

Well, fair question.
But.
This is how it looks when you put the two together:



Get it???

The volcano is at least 30 kilometers away. Maybe even forty.
And it had such power that twenty, thirty or even forty feet wide stones were thrown 30 kilometers!!!

I felt so helpless.
And tiny.

We humans, being the arrogant little creatures we are, think that we can change the world. And challenge the nature.

You need to come to a place like this to realize it is not....

I could virtually see those enormous stones flying all over the sky.
I did not even have to imagine.

I felt the overwhelming power of nature.