Colima volcano (Mexico) July 2015 photos: evacuations and Monte Grande pyroclastic flow
Impressions from the evacuated area near San Antonio and La Yerbabuena (west side), affected only by ash fall, and the still hot deposit of the unusually large pyroclastic flow from 11 July, near Monte Grande on the southern slope. The images were taken only 3 days after it had been deposited. Miraculously, no human victims were claimed, but many livestock were lost. The deposit will pose a significant lahar hazard during heavy rainfalls to come.
Explosion at Colima, seen from La Yerbabuena in the evacuated zone west of the volcano. (Photo: Tom ... [info]
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(478 visti)
Limited daytime access is granted to farmers in the area to tend their animals. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer... [info]
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(387 visti)
Military patrols the evacuated areas to prevent looting. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(324 visti)
Approx. 1 cm of ash has been deposited in the village square of La Yerbabuena. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(344 visti)
Ash coating a rock. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(368 visti)
The fine ash covers everything inside the little cafe of the village. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(342 visti)
Corn - food for the chicken - has been left on the table of the tavern when people left. (Photo: Tom... [info]
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(309 visti)
View from San Antonio village. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(330 visti)
Around noon on 11 July, a larger part of the lava dome collapsed into a pyroclastic flow that travel... [info]
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(434 visti)
View towards the ravine through which the pyroclastic flow entered the widening, flatter area. (Phot... [info]
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(409 visti)
Pyroclastic flow deposits have amazingly sharp margins. An intermediate zone (in the upper middle of... [info]
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(396 visti)
The force of the pyroclastic flow knocked over trees and bushes. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(416 visti)
Antonio lost many cows. This one, probably disorientated, had walked onto the hot deposit and sank i... [info]
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(393 visti)
A little dog has nowhere to go (we took him with us). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(443 visti)
Wood and organic material buried in the hot deposit continues to slowly burn. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(430 visti)
Boulders of meter size, once part of the lava dome on top of the volcano 10 km away, have been trans... [info]
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(476 visti)
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