Bubbling lava lake of Nyiragongo
by Jonas Kuhn, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States of America
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.
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Location
- Africa (328)
- Middle Africa (13)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo (9)
- Exact location (29.2485 E, -1.5238 S)
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4948 × 3280 px;
image/jpeg; 4.8 MB
Camera:
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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