Erta Ale volcano (Ethiopia): lava lake drops but remains very active
Wed, 2 Mar 2016, 09:55
09:55 AM | BY: T
The lava lake of Erta Ale seen in late Dec 2015 (image: Enku Mulugheta)
"Erta Ale is going down again to 5- 7 Meters from the rim of the caldera, but the activity is getting very wild at this time and it was very hard to walk on the the recently crusted flow.
The last flow went in every direction from the crater and covered the whole rim with fresh crust of gaseous basaltic pahoehoe lava."
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