truck surfing on the road from Rwanda |
women at work |
local clothing |
local marketplace |
Goma - truck buried by 2002 lava flow |
Goma with Nyiragongo behind |
lava buried truck used as family residence |
car buried by 2002 lava flow |
self made scooter for carrying the harvest into the city |
Nyiragongo ascend alongside solidified lava flows |
lava shreds still hanging in the trees
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small lava tube with melt structures
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huge summit crater with earths biggest permanent lava lake 600m below |
our campsite near the rim |
rare clear view of the lava lake |
lava lake with usual steam around |
morning dawn with lights of Goma |
morning view to Virunga mountains |
Mikeno with summit cloud |
lava lake at dawn |
lava lake at night |
Nyiragongo crater at night |
steep crater walls with lake below |
west side view down to the lake |
isolated fountaining |
bursting bubble |
bubbling and fountaining |
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lava lake storm |
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lake storm produces 25m high bursting bubbles |
west side view at night-
small scale plate tectonics |
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descent through dense forest after three nights on top
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big lava shred hanging in a tree branch
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flowers near the trail
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local ranger with his weapon |
local women
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local child |
boy with self made scooter |
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hard work without any machines |
young mountain gorilla |
silverback mountain gorilla |
female mountain gorilla |