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SO2 plume from Nyiragongo (NOAA)
Saturday, Apr 20, 2013
A strong SO2 plume is drifting west from the volcano, indicating that the lava lake remains well active. [more]
SO2 plume from Nyiragongo (NOAA)
Monday, Apr 08, 2013
A strong SO2 plume from the active lava lake was visible on today's NOAA satellite image. [more]

Volcanoes of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) (6 volcanoes)

May-ya-moto | Nyamuragira | Visoke | Karisimbi | Nyiragongo | Tshibinda
May-ya-moto
(Fumarole field)
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Nyamuragira
(Shield volcano)
Eruption of Nzamuragira volcano from the Kimanura east vent in mid January 2012Nyamuragira, a large shield volcano similar to Mauna Loa on Hawai'i, is one of Africa's most active volcanoes. Every few years, it produces eruptions often from radial fissures emitting lava fountains and large, fluid lava flows travelling many kilometers into the scarsely popula... [more]

Visoke
(Stratovolcano)
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Karisimbi
(Stratovolcano)
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Nyiragongo
(Stratovolcano)
The lava lake of Nyiragongo volcanoNyiragongo (also spelled Niragongo), one of the world's most beautiful and active volcanoes, is a large stratovolcano near Lake Kivu at the eastern border of DRCongo with Rwanda in the Virunga National Park.
It has a 1.2 km diameter summit caldera containing the world's mo... [more]

Tshibinda
(Cinder cones)
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