Ile de l' Est Volcano Photos

Stratovolcano 1090 m / 3,576 ft
France, Southern Indian Ocean, -46.43°S / 52.2°E

$A fraction of a second later, the largest blocks are falling onto the slope of the cone, leaving dense trails of ash behind in the air, while the ash cloud expands, parts with a strong lateral component. (Photo: Jorge Santos)$

A fraction of a second later, the largest blocks are falling onto the slope of the cone, leaving dense trails of ash behind in the air, while the ash cloud expands, parts...
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The setting sun paints the clouds in the sky, while the Monti Silvestri and, far behind and below, Catania and the Ionian Coast of Sicily, are already in the evening shad...
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While the lake starts to overflow on the western and northen rims, the crust starts to crack open. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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6 active vents are visible here while the Western vent of the NE crater erupts. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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While many lava bombs are still flying (some into my direction), the heaviest ones have landed on the flanks of the new crater-cone, whirling up dust. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffe...
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Ropy lava pile, La Restinga, El Hierro Isl., Canary Islands (Photo: WNomad)
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On top of the world... Our team member Ulla Lohmann is happy to have reached the world's highest volcano with almost 7000 m.
Ojos del Salado at 6893 m is the highes...
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Colima volcano in Mexico during an intense eruptive phase: while several lava flows descend the southern and western flanks, fed by the summit lava dome, a pyroclastic fl...
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While this one throws most of the material onto the other (western) side of the cone. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Basti Hofmann climbs the last steps to the summit of the world's highest volcano (Ojos del Salado, Chile, almost 7000 m) (Photo: ulla)

The upper half of the volcano is still covered by thick ash deposits from the catastrophic eruption in 1933, one of the largest in the Kuriles during historic times. (Pho...
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While spattering and glow become visibe from the NE vent (right in picture), a small jet-like eruption occurs from the smaller vent in the western crater while the centra...
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A very strong explosion sends bombs into the forest. We get the suspicion that while the intervals between eruptions is becoming slightly larger (now sometimes up to 3-5 ...
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The lava field surface is full of plate-like structures like this one: a part of the surface of the flow had been lifted up by about 30 cm, caused by still active lava un...
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Some large glowing bombs can be seen landing far outside the cone; areas of El Paraiso where scientists and other authorized personnel frequently visited (shown in pictur...
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The liquid lava fountain continues to play from the flank vent for the rest of the day while strong gas- and ash-rich fountains are rising from the summit vents, throwing...
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Alaid, tallest peak of the Kuriles, dresses itself majestically in rings of clouds. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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We continue to walk towards the largest gorge in the volcanic massif. Fortunately, visibility remains excellent while the sky is now covered with high clouds. (Photo: Tom...
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While the sun has set, the higher clouds are now illuminated dramatically from underneath, showing that a mass of moist warm air masses had moved in from the south and re...
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...while a stronger explosion covers much of the western and eastern slopes with incandescent ejecta. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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A very strong explosion occurs in the late afternoon, sending blocks into the sea, while we were observing from the end of the forest of Anak Krakatau. After this event, ...
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Sunlight falls through the foliage of the fern trees which are present everywhere in the rainforest vegetation around Kileaua Iki crater (Photo: Ingrid Smet)
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A small eruption occurs from the easternmost vent (N1, right) while another strong explosion occurs at the western vent. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Unintended motion blur (moving the tripod while taking the photo), but resulting in an interesting image of red lava ropes. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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The largest part of the fire hose. While in shade, the lava appears orange, when in sunlight, the color is more red. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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While approaching Honolulu airport, a view from above Makakilo towards the eroded shield volcano of western Oahu. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Strong southwesterly winds push almost all bombs to the eastern side of the New SE crater.
After this picture (taken around midnight), the summit gradually becomes ...
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Ruins of houses at the potash factory at Dallol - until the 1970s, workers lived here and extracted potash from the salt deposits of Dallol. The potash was used as fertil...
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While the salt cutters and salt shapers are at work, the camel owners and their animals rest. They wait until enough blocks are ready for packing. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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While the others work, camel owners rest and wait until enough blocks are ready for packing. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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23 Nov evening: the usual thunderstorms over Sumatra illuminate the sky to the west while Krakatau is venting ash. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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