Bubbling lava lake of Nyiragongo
Jonas Kuhn
Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
Huge amounts of gas escape the bubbling lava lake of Nyiragongo 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.
Finalist in the EGU Photo Competition 2021
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Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Jonas Kuhn (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
4.7 MB
Aspect
1237:820
Width
4948 px
Height
3280 px
Brand
Nikon
Model
COOLPIX A (IR converted)
Exposure
19 mm f/2.8 1/1000 s ISO 100
Coordinates
-1.5238, 29.2485
Tint
Black
Submitted
14 March 2021
Taken
12 February 2020
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