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Explosion at 19:33 (UTC) on 27 Sep (or 04:33 JST on 28 Sep). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

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Week 34: lun. 21 août - dim. 27 août, 2017

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Explosion at 19:33 (UTC) on 27 Sep (or 04:33 JST on 28 Sep). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

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Week 34: lun. 21 août - dim. 27 août, 2017

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Explosion at 19:33 (UTC) on 27 Sep (or 04:33 JST on 28 Sep). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)

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Ingrid Smet´s photo diary of our 4-11 June 2017 Nyiragongo lava lake and mountain gorillas expedition in Rwanda and DR Congo, as well as some safari images of the 2 days extension she afterwards undertook in Akagera National Park. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Nyiragongo volcano & Mountain gorillas: tour photos of our June 2017 expedition (218 Images)
A selection of photos taken during our Expedition to Erta Ale and Dallol in early February 2017 by participant Stefan Tommasini - Fotografie mit Seele (website). This Danakil expedition was particulary unique: on one hand a new eruptions started at a fissure on Erta Ale´s flank which let to the partial collapse of the active craters in the summit caldera; on the other hand it was pouring with rain when our group was at Dallol, which is known to be the hottest and driest place on earth... The rain however intensified the colours and activity at Dallol´s hydrothermal deposits, and the flank eruption created a vast lava field with multiple lava lakes and pahoehoe flows. (You can find a short overview of the 2017 flank eruption and Erta Ale volcanic activity update at the end of June 2017 through this link) (Photo: Stefan Tommasini)
Erta Ale + Dallol Feb 2017 - photos of the flank eruption at Erta Ale by Stefan Tommasini (15 Images)
A selection of photographs taken by Ingrid Smet during our June 2017 Nyiragongo lava lake and mountain gorillas expedition in the DR Congo which included a 3 days / nights stay on Nyiragongo volcano. On 6 June the group completed their hike to the summit in dry weather (the people coming up in the next two days were not so lucky) but had to wait a few hours for a first glance onto the red hot lava lake until the clouds around the stratovolcano´s summit and the thick volcanic gasses inside the caldera had temporarily lifted. The next 2 days (7 and 8 June) visibility into the caldera was usually best in the mornings and at intervals during the night, with more clear circumstances in the early morning and right through to dawn and sunrise on the 8th of June. The world´s largest lava lake (about 220 m across) is situated some 400 m below the rim of Nyiragongo´s summit caldera (a diameter of 1.2 km). When visible, the surface of the active lava lake was continuously in motion as exploding gas bubbles create small degassing fountains that recycle the cold black crust back into the red hot liquid lava. Strong degassing also occurred from the edges of the lava lake, the 2016 hornito and along the southern fracture zone. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Nyiragongo volcano (DR Congo): expedition to the lava lake (June 2017) (40 Images)
During the first part of June, activity at Stromboli volcano was one of the most intense periods during several years. At most times, up to 6 or 7 vents were active, most notably the two eastern vents, closely followed and sometimes surpassed by the two western vents. The following pictures were taken on 9, 11, and 16 June, from various viewpoints and give an idea of this activity. Link: tours to Stromboli volcano (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Stromboli volcano (Eolian Islands, Italy), June 2017: strong activity (60 Images)
After a relatively rainy winter 2016/17, spring on the Greek islands was fantastic! Santorini, one of the most famous islands of the Cyclades, was no exception and offered a paradise for photographers: flowers and green everywhere, with the blue and white of the traditional houses and chapels. The following photos were taken during our Santorini photo tour in April 2017. Photo copyright: Tobias Schorr / Nature Discovery Tours. (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
Santorini (Greece): spring on the island (April 2017) (104 Images)
Accompanied by an official mountain guide, VolcanoDiscovery team member Emanuela and our friend Doug visited the active lava flow of Etna near its source on 8 April 2017 afternoon and evening during one of our Etna Trekking tours. (Photo: Emanuela / VolcanoDiscovery Italia)
Etna volcano (Italy): lava flow from close evening 8 April 2017 (24 Images)
Images taken during boat trips early dawn on 15 and 17 March 2017. The fire hose was strongest on the first day, but increased a lot again on 18 March, before stopping and turning into a lava fall a few days later. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): ocean entry at night and dawn (March 2017) (32 Images)
Etna volcano (Italy): lava flows from SE crater (30 Mar 2017) (Photo: roland)
Etna volcano (Italy): lava flows from SE crater (30 Mar 2017) (16 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): overview and geologic features (c)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): overview and geologic features (16 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): tour photos (March 2017) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): tour photos (March 2017) (20 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): colors (March 2017 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): colors (March 2017 (24 Images)
A selection of images of the g61 lava flow in March 2017 - active and frozen lava flows of pahoehoe type with ropy and toe structures. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): phoehoe lava flows (March 2017) (80 Images)
For almost 3 months in early 2017, Kilauea volcano was the site of one of the most spectacular and rarest volcanic phenomena: a "fire hose" or lava hose shooting into the ocean. A major bench and cliff collapse on New Year 's Eve 2016 exposed the main active lava tube which had been feeding the ocean entry at rates of up to several cubic meters of very fluid, hot (approx. 1200 deg C) lava. The lava has been traveling underground from the vent on the east rift zone to the coast at 10 miles distance. The collapse on 31 Dec also affected the submarine part of the coast, creating a very steep submarine slope. It took almost 3 months before the continuous addition of lava finally succeeded to create a new lava delta (bench), allowing the lava to encase itself, stopping the "fire hose" effect. The pictures on the lower part of this page show one of the last days of the life of the fire hose (18 Mar) when a surge in the tube caused it to be particularly violent. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): the fire hose (March 2017) (56 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava at dark (March 2017) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava at dark (March 2017) (24 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): summit lava lake (Mar 2017) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): summit lava lake (Mar 2017) (16 Images)
When hot, liquid lava at temperatures near 1200 deg C, directly coming from the lava tube, meets its arch-enemy water, the reaction is often violent: a battle of elements, generating ever-changing (so-called littoral) explosions in a chaos of steam, fragmented lava pieces which become new black sand, and colors. The pictures were taken during 12-18 March from several viewpoints on water and on land. Among hundreds of similar photos, it was impossible to choose only a few, even though they cannot even come close to the fascination of watching it from relatively close. Few sights have impressed and mesmerized me as much as this battle between Pele and her sister Nā-maka-o-Kahaʻi, goddess of the sea. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava meets water - littoral explosions (Mar 2017) (92 Images)
Impressions from a morning boat tour to the Kamokuna ocean entry on 13 March 2017 during our latest Kilauea Volcano Special tour. We were lucky enough to be there during the last week when the spectacular fire hose was still active. A special thanks goes to the competent and friendly crew from Kalapana Cultural Tours, in particular to captains Ikaika and Andrew, who we think provide the best service by far among the competition! (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava ocean entry 13 March 2017 (32 Images)
Impressions from the second eruptive phase of Etna volcano in 2017, when new lava flows were erupted from a fissure vent at the southern base of the SE crater complex. These lava flows descended into the Valle del Bove at several locations on the rim between 2500-2700 m elevation. On their descend down the steep western headwall, the lava flow fronts suffered partial collapses and interacted explosively with snow, both leading to the generation of small pyroclastic flows that produced tall brown ash plumes. Images taken 18 March 2017 by our team members Emanuela and Roland / VolcanoDiscovery Italy. (Photo: Emanuela / VolcanoDiscovery Italia)
Etna volcano (Italy): SE crater eruption and lava flows March 2017 (10 Images)
Paul Reichert who took part in one of our latest Volcano Specials in January 2017 was lucky to witness one of Erta Ale volcano's most spectacular and intense eruptive phases in decades. A surge of magma from depth (probably a small rifting episode) caused the lava lake in the southern pit crater of the caldera to overflow, build up a broad shield, before it collapsed, following the draining of the lake through a system of flank fissures 2-4 km downhill from 21 Jan - a mere day after Paul and his group had left. The following is a selection of pictures of Paul, in approximate chronological order and annotated using the valuable field reports by Richard and our geologist expedition leader Enku who, along with Paul, were lucky enough to see this once-in-a-lifetime event. A big thank you goes to all of the three for sharing their information and images! Watch the videos: 16 Jan | 17 Jan | 18-19 Jan (Photo: Paul Reichert)
Erta Ale volcano (Ethiopia): overflowing lava lake 16-19 Jan 2017 (56 Images)
Our guest Jens-Wolfram E. who participated (for his second time!) in the most recent Danakil expedition, although still traveling, sent us a first selection of "fresh images" from both Erta Ale and Dallol: (Photo: Jens-Wolfram Erben)
Erta Ale volcano + Dallol hydrothermal field Dec 2016 - Jan 2017 impressions (8 Images)
Expedition leader Yashmin sent us some impressions from the recent tour to Ambrym and Tanna in Sep 2016. You can find more at: www.youtube.com/user/VolcansEruptions (movies) and Yashmin's website. (Photo: Yashmin Chebli)
Vanuatu volcano expedition Sep 2016: tour photos (32 Images)
Impressions from a full-moon night at the Jagger museum's lookout (Kilauea, Hawai'i) in November 2016. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea (Hawaii): lava lake impressions (Nov 2016) (14 Images)
On 11 July 2015, a large dome collapse triggered the second largest block and ash pyroclastic flow of the 21st century (surpassed by Merapi in 2010 only), filling and devastating the Montitlán river valley on Colima's south side to a length of about 10 km. We visited the deposit approx. 16 months later, in Nov 2016 (compare these to photos taken few days after it was deposited). This fresh, the deposit is a fantastic geologic showcase. It provides extremely interesting insights into the dynamics of this kind of pyroclastic density currents and its origin: (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Colima volcano (Mexico): July 2015 Montitlán pyroclastic flow deposit a year later (24 Images)
The first of our Danakil expeditions of the 2016-2017 winter season turned out to be an unexpected success - not only because of the flawless logistics and organisation or the friendliness with which local Ethiopians welcome international travelers, but also thanks to the very high activity at Erta Ale and Dallol! At Erta Ale, the lava lake has been overflowing multiple times a day, sometimes even continuously, constructing a large new area of fresh pahoehoe lava flows on the caldera floor. Our main guide and organiser, Ethiopian geologist Enku, has been regularly visiting this location but never saw it this active and impressive in his 20 years experience. And also Dallol seems to have stepped up its game: after the slow drying out and shrinking of the hydrothermal activity at this unique location between 2010 and 2015, last year´s rains had transformed it back to is former colourful and fascinating self - and this active area is still growing even in the past few weeks. Below we gladly share with you a number of images that our participants Hans en Jooske kindly send us days after returning home from their Danakil volcano adventure. (Photo: Hans and Jooske)
November 2016 tour photos: Erta Ale & Dallol by Hans en Jooske (19 Images)
Impressions from a beautiful morning spent observing the summit lava lake and walking around the caldera through Steam Vents and Sulfur Banks to Volcano House. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea (Hawaii): lava lake & summit Nov 2016 (32 Images)
A selection of pictures taken during a morning boat tour (Kilauea Volcano Special) in November. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea (Hawaii): lava flowing into the sea 12 Nov 2016 (32 Images)
During our recent Volcano Special during 18-22 Nov, we observed the activity of Colima volcano from close: It was characterized by the continued weak extrusion of a viscous lava flow from the active, flat summit lava dome (see aerial photos). Explosive activity was only minor and limited to mostly small events at irregular intervals (often more than few hours), but fluctuated noticeably from day to day. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Colima volcano (Mexico): lava flow and stars (18-22 Nov 2016) (16 Images)
During our Volcano Special tour to Colima last week, Ingrid and other 3 participants took a scenic overflight in a small charter plane in order to have a closer look at the active lava dome and its viscous flow on the southern flank. A selection of aerial photos from various angles taking while circling the volcano several times at different altitudes is shown. (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
Colima volcano (Mexico): aerial photos 20 Nov 2016 - new lava dome and flow (24 Images)
Impressions from our recent tour to Vulcano, Stromboli, Etna (Oct 2016). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Stromboli to Etna Oct 2016 - tour photos (36 Images)
Impressions of volcanoes and landscapes (N-Sulawesi, Halmahera, Siau Island) during our Volcanoes and Spices volcano tour in northern Indonesia. Photos taken by participant Thomas Spinner. (Photo: Thomas Spinner)
Volcanoes and Spices tour Sep 2016: photos by Th. Spinner (60 Images)
Life returns slowly after destruction by lava flows. In this area, 30 years ago, there was dense rain forest until it was invaded by lava flows from the early stages of the Pu'u 'O'o rift zone eruption. Dead, half-burnt tree trunks and branches still lie around, some having left molds in the lava. Among the first plants to colonize the barren lava desert are small ferns whose green stands out from the dark or silvery pahoehoe textures. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Sep 2016 tour - life returns to lava (16 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Kamokuna sea entry 17 Sep 2016 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Kamokuna sea entry 17 Sep 2016 (16 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): fire and water (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): fire and water (32 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Sep 2016 tour - miscellaneous (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Sep 2016 tour - miscellaneous (16 Images)
A second boat tour in the morning of 14 Sep resulted in spectacular views of the numerous lava flows entering the sea thanks to exceptionally good wind conditions - southerly winds pushed the heavy steam plume inland. [go to part 2] (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava sea entry - boat tour 14 Sep 2016 (1) (32 Images)
A selection of photos during our Krakatau to Bali photo tour, by German photographer Uwe Ehlers. For more photos by Uwe, please look at his website geoart.eu! (Photo: Uwe Ehlers / geoart.eu)
Krakatau to Bali photo tour May 2016: photos by Uwe Ehlers (75 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava sea entry - boat tour 14 Sep 2016 (2) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava sea entry - boat tour 14 Sep 2016 (2) (24 Images)
Active lava breakouts were present about 2 km inland in the coastal flat in mid September 2016. Although the sea entry was the main attraction, a short hike to these flows was a welcome break. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): pahoehoe lava flows (20 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava lake Sep 2016 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava lake Sep 2016 (16 Images)
Impressions from Kilauea's caldera with the active lava lake inside the Halema'uma'u crater in mid Sep 2016. The level of the lake was so high that the lava could be easily seen from the HVO observatory's Jagger lookout. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): caldera and lava lake Sep 2016 (16 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Kamokuna lava sea entry Sep 2016 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Kamokuna lava sea entry Sep 2016 (20 Images)
Impressions from the Kamokuna lava sea entries on a morning boat tour on 11 Sep, taking during the recent pilot Kilauea Volcano Special tour. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): lava sea entry - boat tour 11 Sep 2016 (52 Images)
Nyiragongo volcano July 2006 expedition (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Nyiragongo volcano July 2006 expedition (36 Images)
Photos of Kawah Ijen, the acid turquoise crater lake, sulfur deposits, the mining operation and workers at the site carrying baskets full of raw sulfur. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Ijen volcano: crater lake & sulphur mining (32 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Pu'u 'O'o crater lava lake Mar 2006 (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Kilauea volcano (Hawaii): Pu'u 'O'o crater lava lake Mar 2006 (12 Images)
Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): lava flows down the Pulama Pali on 1 July 2016 (Photo: Michael Dalton)
Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): lava flows down the Pulama Pali on 1 July 2016 (8 Images)
Our friend and filmmaker Michael Dalton (Volcanic Odysseys) is currently on Hawai'i and sent us some images of the new lava flows advancing SE fro Pu'u 'O'o, reaching Pulama Pali on 29 June 2016. "Amazing day yesterday on the Pali, very spectacular and at times fast moving flows. We caught some incredible surges. The flow with the burning trees had to be moving close to 1ft a second during the fast surges that last 10 minutes or so." (Photo: Michael Dalton)
Kilauea volcano (Hawai'i): lava flows descending on Pulama Pali June 2016 (12 Images)
Tilmann, one of the participants on our Solar Eclipse & volcano tour in Indonesia sent us a selection of photos of the eclipse on 9 March 2016, taken from Makian island, where people could enjoy a spectacular show thanks to great clear skies. (Photo: Tilmann)
Solar Eclipse 2016 in Indonesia: impressions (12 Images)
During our Colima Volcano Special in January 2016, we spent several days and nights to observe the volcano's ongoing intermittent explosive activity. Due to reasons not well understood, Colima's eruptions in the past few months have been unusually rich in eruption lightnings that develop in the ash plumes, even during smaller explosions, something that had not been observed during a phase of similarly intense explosive activity a year ago (photos). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Colima volcano (Mexico), Jan 2016: eruptions (24 Images)
Some impressions from our recent volcano tour to Guatemala, from 20 Dec 2015 - 2 Jan 2016: (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
Guatemala volcano expedition Dec 2015: tour photos (56 Images)

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