Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-04011

Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-04011

A lava flow extrudes from a WNW-flank vent on MacKenney cone at Pacaya on 10 January 1987. A weak gas plume can be seen from the summit crater, which was producing Strombolian eruptions at the same time. Photo by Klaus Mehl, 1987 (GEOMAR, Germany).

A lava flow extrudes from a WNW-flank vent on MacKenney cone at Pacaya on 10 January 1987. A weak gas plume can be seen from the summit crater, which was producing Strombolian eruptions at the same time.

Photo by Klaus Mehl, 1987 (GEOMAR, Germany).

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Keywords: stratovolcano | degassing | lava flow | eruption

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