This photo looks towards the western crater lake at Whakaari/White Island, which is emitting volcanic gases and steam. The crater walls expose lavas and tuff deposits, and across the central crater floor (foreground) are blocks and hummocks of the 1912 debris avalanche deposit.

Photo by Janine Krippner, 2005.

This image is made available under the Creative Commons BY-ND 4.0 license terms.

Keywords: debris avalanche deposit | crater | gas plume | emissions | volcanic gases | steam

Whakaari/White Island