Explosion inside the condensed emisssions of Nyiragongo
by Jonas Kuhn, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America
Explosion of the active hornito inside the steam-filled crater area of Nyiragongo volcano in February 2020 . The image was taken with a filter that blocks most of the visible light and thus enhances the contrast of the lava's thermal emission to ambient sunlight.
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Location
- Africa (328)
- Middle Africa (13)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (9)
- Exact location (29.2484 E, -1.5237 S)
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4074 × 2702 px;
image/jpeg; 4.4 MB
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Nikon COOLPIX A (IR converted)
Taken on 12
February
2020
Submitted on 14 March 2021
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Credit
Jonas Kuhn (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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