A boat offshore from the former capital city of Plymouth provides a tranquil view of the cloud-draped summit of Soufrière Hills volcano. The photo was taken in 1994, the year prior to the onset of a major eruption from Soufrière Hills that in 1997 destroyed the city of Plymouth. The broad low-lying area the city was built on, only 3-4 km from the summit of the volcano, was one of the few flat-lying areas on the small island of Montserrat and had been created by the products of earlier eruptions similar to those that later destroyed the city.

Photo by Lydia Pulsipher, 1994 (University of Tennessee).

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Soufrière Hills