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9-22 Feb 2019: Desert, salt and volcanoes - Danakil desert (Ethiopia)
2-17 May 2019: From Krakatau to Bali - Java (Indonesia)
4-11(12) May 2019: Fascination Volcano - Santorini Island (Greece)
4-12 May 2019: From Stromboli to Etna - Eolian Islands + Etna volcano (Italy)
11-19 May 2019: From Stromboli to Etna - Eolian Islands + Etna volcano (Italy)
7-12 Jun 2019: Adventure Volcano - Yasur Volcano Travel - Tanna Island (Vanuatu)
8-16 Jun 2019: From Stromboli to Etna - Eolian Islands + Etna volcano (Italy)
14-30 Jun 2019: Volcanoes and Spices - N-Sulawesi + Halmahera (Indonesia)
8-23 Jul 2019: From Krakatau to Bali - Java (Indonesia)
13-29 Aug 2019: Volcanoes and Spices - N-Sulawesi + Halmahera (Indonesia)
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Dry mud pool (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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A wide view overlooking the dry and deserted terrain of Mauna Kea volcano, Big island, Hawaii (Photo: Janka)
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The unvegetated summit of Lopevi stratovolcano. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Seismograph recording Anak Krakatau's activity in real time. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Strong eruption from NW vent and a small eruption from the NE vent (r). (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, 8 May 2010 - expanding glowing ash plumes (Photo: Martin Rietze)
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The mild climate of the Kaiserstuhl volcano region in southwest Germany makes it an ideal area for wine and fruit growing. (Photo: Janka)
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Panorama of Ol Doinyo Lengai's northern crater (June 2013) (Photo: Gian Schachenmann)
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Strange fountains on the Yellow Lake at Dallol (Danakil desert, Ethiopia) show the yellow color of the water. The color is not caused by sulfur, but probably bacteria living on hydrocarbons. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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A thunderstorm is approaching and behind Anak Krakatau. (Photo: Jorge Santos)
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Shore of White Island (NZ) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Cinder cone near Kamueala, Big Island, Hawaii (Photo: Janka)
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Pumice layers of the Laacher Lake eruption at the quarry Wingertsbergwand near Mendig/Germany (Photo: Tobias Schorr)
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Strong strombolian eruption from an active vent of the May 2008 fissure on the upper E flank of Etna. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, 8 May 2010 - glowing ash explosions in the twilight (Photo: Martin Rietze)
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Strombolian eruption from Batu Tara volcano (Flores Sea, Indonesia) in August 2013 (Photo: Andi / VolcanoDiscovery Indonesia)
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Mount Rainier, Washington, near the "Sunrise" section of Mount Rainier National Park6 October, 2009 (Photo: volcanomike)
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Lava fountain from the southern fissure vent during the July 2013 Tolbachik eruption, Kamchatka (Photo: Alexander Lobashevsky)
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Pyroclastic deposits at the beach E of Cape Balos, Santorini, September 2008 (Photo: Ingrid)
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Our group on the crater of Yasur volcano in the morning (Photo: Dietmar)
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Cone near la Restinga, El Hierro Isl., Canary Islands (Photo: WNomad)
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Explosion with emission of a grey ash cloud from Stromboli's NE vent, 13 January 2013. (Photo: Ingrid)
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Lava flowing into the Pacific Ocean from Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i (Photo: Yashmin Chebli)
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Zoom onto the Showa crater from the southeast. (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, 8 May 2010 - zoom into explosion (Photo: Martin Rietze)
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Weakly steaming Halema'uma'u Crater in Kilauea Caldera, Big Island, Hawaii (Photo: Janka)
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The Tengger caldera in the morning (c)
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Crater of San Antonio volcano, Fuencaliente, La Palma Isl., Canaries (Photo: WNomad)
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Palm leaf formed by basalt columns - evidence of volcanism in the Saxonian Ore Mountains during the Tertiary period, Germany (Photo: Janka)
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Teneguia volcano, view from San Antonio v., Fuencaliente, La Palma Isl., Canaries (Photo: WNomad)
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The green Okama crater lake of Zao volcano, NE Honshu, Japan (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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Pretty eruption of Stromboli volcano in May 2013. (Photo: mlyvers)
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Fumarole field in a crater of Mutnovsky Volcano (Sep-2013) (Photo: Sergey Krasnoshchokov)
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Surface of basaltic-andesitic breadcrust bomb from Azuma volcano (Honshu, Japan) (Photo: Tom Pfeiffer)
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This rare fan-shaped basalt structure was created by volcanic activity in the Saxonian Ore Mountains (Germany) about 24 million years ago. (Photo: Janka)
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