Nyiragongo Volcano Photos
- The lava lake in January 2006: details -
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26-29 January: fountains and surface fractures of the lava lake |
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Ever-changing and moving fracture patterns of fractures on the boiling lake's partly frozen surface. |
Violent fountains at the W end of the lake: sometimes exploding bubbles (left photo, up to tens of meters high), sometimes changing the whole surface of the lake into a boiling mess... |
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Fountains from the SW rim of the lake, accompanied by heavy gas and steam emissions. |
Strong fountains from the N rim of the lake. |
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Fountains from the N and E margins of the lava lake |
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Violens fountains were usually present at the E end of the lake, sometimes accompanied by fountains on the NE and SE margins (left photo). |
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Bursting lava bubble of 20+ meters diameter in the E end of the lake. |
Fountains from the N, E and SE margins of the lake. | |
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| Bursting lava bubble from the W end of the lake. | Small, isolated fountains in the middle of the lake were sometimes observed as well. | |
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| 3 shots in short time interval of the bubbling fountain on the SW margin of the lake. | ||
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