Ambrym Volcano Photos

shield volcano 1334 m (4,377 ft)
Vanuatu, -16.25°S / 168.12°E

An usually clear view of the interior of Benbow's crater in the evening. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
... and in: Vanuatu - volcanoes in the South Sea: tour photos
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Highly fluid lava bursts from the vent of Benbow, Ambrym volcano, Vanuatu (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
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The south (l) and north (r) pit craters containing little lava lakes. Strong spattering from the south pit. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
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The deep second crater of Benbow (Photo: Yashmin Chebli)
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The active vents inside Benbow crater surrounded by circular crater walls. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
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Watching a lava lake in Benbow's crater, Vanuatu (Ambrym Island) (Photo: Yashmin Chebli)
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Palm trees against a red sky above Ambrym volcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: colors
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The south and north pit craters containing little lava lakes. Spattering from the south vent is well visible, while the north pit is too deep for us to see the lava insid...
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
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Inside the Ambrym caldera (Photo: Yashmin Chebli)
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... and in: Ambrym volcano tour Sep 2010 photos
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The active craters of Benbow at dusk. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)

The south and north pits with their lava lakes inside Benbow's crater in the evening. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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The lava glow is so intense that the cloud above the crater is illuminated. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)

Looking into one of the deep pit craters inside Bembow volcano, Ambrym (Vanuatu). The northern wall is crusted over with yellow sulfur deposits mostly from sublimation of...
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Exploding lava bubbles eject very fluid spatter - Benbow volcano, Ambrym, Vanuatu (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
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The lava glow from Benbow (Ambrym, Vanuatu) is so intense that the cloud above the crater is illuminated. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Silhouette of palms in front of the red illuminated sky above Ambrym volcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: colors
... and in: Vanuatu - volcanoes in the South Sea: tour photos

Our camp site and lava glow (Photo: Yashmin Chebli)
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Photographer photographing other photographers... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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View of the lava lake inside Marum crater (Ambrym volcano) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: excursion to Marum crater
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To get to the rim of Marum, we first have to circle it and descend a bit again, following a ridge in a moon-like landscape of ash, erosion gullies and (fortunately not re...
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: excursion to Marum crater
... and in: Vanuatu - volcanoes in the South Sea: tour photos
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Wide-angle view of Benbow's crater in the evening twilight. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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... and in: Vanuatu - volcanoes in the South Sea: tour photos

Ulla testing her new camera. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Liquid spatter is ejected several meters above the crater rim of the south pit when larger gas bubbles burst at the surface of the lava lake. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
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The active craters inside Benbow crater, glowing in the evening. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
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Sometimes, spattering is stronger when larger lava bubbles burst on the surface of a little lava lake inside the vent. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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A bursting lava bubble throws out a fountain of liquid spatter. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)

View of the active south pit with a little lava fountain (Benbow volcano, Ambrym, Vanuatu) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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The ever active lava lake at Benbrow crater, Ambrym September 2014 (Photo: KatSpruth)
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Erosion gullies converging towards one of the major drainage canyongs out of the caldera to the west. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: Ambrym caldera
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Our group observing the volcanic action beneath them. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: excursion to Marum crater
... and in: Vanuatu - volcanoes in the South Sea: tour photos
... and in: Photo of the Day

Sihouette of a woman at the beach against sunset (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: colors

Spattering from the south pit vent. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
... and in: Photo of the Day

Our expedition group perched on a ledge above the craters inside Benbow (Ambrym volcano, Vanuatu) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
... and in: Vanuatu - volcanoes in the South Sea: tour photos
... and in: Photo of the Day

Spattering in the evening - lava colors are nicest now... (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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South (l) and North (r) vents inside Benbow crater, both containing small lava lakes. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

Our group's perfect observation spot inside Benbow's crater. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)
... and in: Photo of the Day

View of the lava lake inside Marum crater, Ambrym Island, Vanuatu (May 2012) (Photo: Thorsten Boeckel / www.tboeckel.de)
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Spattering in the evening (Benbow crater, Ambrym volcano) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Strong spattering at the south pit. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)

The trail up to the crater rim follows a ridge between two erosion gullies. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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image found in: Vanuatu May 2009: the crater of Benbow (Ambrym volcano)

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