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Nea Kameni with its different lava domes and
flows seen the W. |
On the way up to the craters formed in 1928.
Sparse vegetation is growing on the stony terrain. |
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Deep fractures cut
through the Mikri Kameni lava dome (1570-1573). |
Fumaroles and tourists
on the walls of Georgios crater. |
View from Mikri Kameni
across the caldera towards the Skaros shield. The houses
of Imerovigli are seen on top of the caldera rim.
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Sulfur crystallizes on
the fumaroles inside georgios crater. |
Mikri Kameni (the green
vegetated cone) surrounded by the 1928 lava flows. |
A patch of blocky lava
with a small hydrothermal lake occupy the vent of the 726
explosive eruption on Palea Kameni. |
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Agios Nikolaos bay with
its warm underwater iron spring waters on Palea Kameni. |
Swimmers in one of the warm water spring
bays. The green color is due due to iron in reduced state Fe2+, mainly colloidal pyrite.
When they mix up the water, the iron on and near the surface is oxidized
to Fe3+. |
Graben
fractures on top of Palea Kameni.
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Dafne crater from the 1925-1926
eruptive activity. |
Flows from the 1928 eruption encircle a
small bay, which now serves as tourist boat harbour. |
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Sostis'
dog, our guide on the volcano, observes the Reck lava
dome (right on picture) from a vantage point...
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Georgios
crater active in 1866 and 1941. Today, several hot
fumaroles are active along its walls. |
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Channel between Palea and Nea Kameni (right).
The now submerged small volcanic island "Maionisi" that appeared on 10
May 1866 is visible as the twin reef in the left. Warm iron-rich water
(green-colored) is carried from a bay at Nea Kameni by the currents.
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Investigating hot spots and fumaroles on the
ground. |
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Felix F. standing next to a large pumice bomb
ejected in 1928. |
Large dense bomb from the 1866 eruption near
the Georgios crater. |
The "youngest land in Greece" has just had
its 54th birthday. A black patch of blocky lava had filled the shallow
crater created during the last eruption in 1950. |
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Warm iron-rich spring bay at the coast of Nea
Kameni. Bubbles (mainly CO2) can be seen rising at some places.
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