July 25, 2001. The 2500m vent near the Montagnola summit (300m away from the mountain station of the...
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Heavy ash clouds are blasted out of the new vent at 2500 m elevation, near the upper cable car stati...
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25 July 2001. The new crater at 2500m continues to grow fast, almost visibly. In short succession it...
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Lava fountains from the 2500 m vent. MOntagnola in the background.
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Occasionally, fascinating giant magma bubbles up to 50m diameter explode within the crater, thus ind...
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Exploding lava bubble. A loud detonation and a strong shock wave, that felt like a punch into the st...
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In anticipation of the expected lava flows, bulldozers are trying to build dikes to protect the lowe...
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lava fountain from the 2500 m vent.
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The activity at the 2500 m vent reaches a peak in violence on July 24. A pulsating, ash-rich lava fo...
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A magnificient moment of the lava fountain. This photo was also featured in National Geographic's ar...
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The lava fountain is relatively "cold" and much of the erupted magma is fragmented into dark ash. It...
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Pulsating lava fountain producing an ash cloud rising several kilometers.
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The lower part of the lava fountain at night.
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The lava fountain at night is too bright to be allow very long exposures...
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Night-time lava fountain.
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