'Goggle-eyed' volcano on skull-shaped peninsula: Amazing view from space

DNVN - From an altitude of hundreds of kilometers in space, an astronaut captured a strange scene in Nicaragua: 2 volcanic lakes appeared like two round "eyes", staring into space from the Chiltepe peninsula, a land shaped like a giant skull.

This photo taken from the International Space Station shows a stunning juxtaposition of nature and space. From the ground, the phenomenon is almost imperceptible. But from above, the optical illusion turns the Chiltepe Peninsula into a “face” with two deep-set eye sockets.

Two volcanic lakes on the Chiltepe Peninsula in Lake Managua, Nicaragua, look exactly like a pair of eyes when seen from space. (Photo: NASA/ISS Program)

The Chiltepe Peninsula juts out from Lake Managua (or Lago Xolotlán, as the locals call it), just 10 miles northwest of the capital, Managua. It covers an area of ​​about 590 square miles (1,400 square kilometers), and was formed by violent eruptions tens of thousands of years ago.

The first eruptions occurred about 17,000 years ago, shaping the peninsula’s distinctive topography, according to NASA’s Earth Observatory. The explosions ejected large volumes of pumice and lightweight material, which accumulated into massive pyroclastic layers. The youngest recorded eruption in the area occurred about 2,000 years ago.

Today, the legacy of those geological upheavals is the two volcanic lakes Apoyeque and Xiloá – mysterious “bulging eyes” when seen from space. They not only excite the imagination but also serve as vivid testimony to the Earth’s tectonic power.

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