Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-04017

Molten lava bombs ejected from MacKenney crater at Pacaya fill most of this 1968 photo. Strombolian eruptions began at MacKenney crater in 1965 and continued for several decades. Photo by William Melson, 1968 (Smithsonian Institution).

Molten lava bombs ejected from MacKenney crater at Pacaya fill most of this 1968 photo. Strombolian eruptions began at MacKenney crater in 1965 and continued for several decades.

Photo by William Melson, 1968 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Pacaya