Eruzione vulcano di Nyamuragira 2011-12: foto 22-25 gen

The boiling lava colors the escaping cloud of steam and gas orange even in daylight. (Photo: Tom Pfe... [info]
(514 visti)
(514 visti)

View of East Kimanura cone before sunrise from the camp. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(630 visti)
(630 visti)

The lava lake inside the cone can not be seen, but heard, and indirectly be seen from the strong glo... [info]
(1520 visti)
(1520 visti)

Rainy sky above the erupting cone with the illuminated steam column rising. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(398 visti)
(398 visti)

A small lateral jet of lava out of the crater. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(473 visti)
(473 visti)

The eastern Kimanura cone with a moderate ejection of lava in the afternoon. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(492 visti)

Liquid spattering from the lava lake inside. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(391 visti)
(391 visti)

Most of the time, fumes obscure the view. The heat blur can be seen when enlarging some of these pho... [info]
(393 visti)
(393 visti)

Sunrise again, on our 3rd day at the volcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(480 visti)
(480 visti)

Looking up. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
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(396 visti)

Watching the tall steam column rise above the active eastern vent. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer) [info]
(369 visti)
(369 visti)

Liquid spatter lands outside the crater. Sometimes, bombs reached the base of the cone. (Photo: Tom ... [info]
(317 visti)
(317 visti)
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