Arrival in Rugeri village |
Locals watching our arrival |
Children from nearby school |
Children from nearby school |
armed rangers preparing for the trip |
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Porters and rangers on the way to the new eruption site |
Porters on the way |
first view to the new Kimanura craters near campsite |
final approach via new ash plane to newborn crater |
view to Nyamuragira main volcano with first, now inactive Kimanura craters |
Lava jet escaping from permanently active lava lake inside northernmost crater |
ash plane with north crater in dawn |
north crater at night, seen from camp |
expulsion of small lava fragments showing parabolic trails |
big lava bombs rising high above the rim |
frequent bursts throwing lava fragments in all directions |
view from north side in morning dawn |
view from north side in morning dawn |
Rangers discussing about our plan to walk to the west side of the fissure |
degassing north crater seen from campsite |
inactive south crater with ash buried vegetation in front |
rangers standing on the usual visitor hill, giving scale to the active north crater |
standing between craters, right above the fissure line |
Visitors and rangers watching the eruption |
first view to part of the huge lava flowfield |
old craters on the horizon document frequently active Nyamuragira flanks |
our group standing in front of the active crater |
Fumarole deposits and fissures to the west |
Tubed lava exit on west side of north crater |
Lava flowfield with distand lava river |
Spattering |
Lava lake reflection in gas cloud |
Spattering |
colored steam and gas from lava lake below |
strong degassing |
Spattering/intermittent fountaining |
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active crater under approaching thunderstorm |
active crater under approaching thunderstorm |
Crater with lava fountain under approaching thunderstorm |
active crater under approaching thunderstorm |
distant lava flow at night |
intermittent fountaining at night |
active crater with distant lava flow in morning dawn |
active crater with distant lava flow in morning dawn |
active crater in morning dawn |
intermittent fountaining |
intermittent fountaining |
lava bombs and spatter hitting crater rim |
intermittent fountaining |
intermittent fountaining |
very liquid lava forming strings |
intermittent fountaining |
Spattering |
intermittent fountaining |
very liquid lava forming strings |
north cone in daylight |
north cone in daylight |
Ranger in front of active crater |
ash covered landscape |
lavaflow between ash and dead trees behind |
Fumarole deposits and fissures to the west |
Rangers climbing south crater with north crater behind |
Fumarole deposits on south crater summit |
Fissures on south crater summit |
view from south crater summit to Nyamuragira main summit far away |
Fumarole deposits near south crater summit |
Fumarole deposits near south crater summit |
Fumarole deposits near south crater summit |
Fumarole deposits and fissures to the west |
Fumarole deposits and fissures to the west |
Fumarole deposits |
north crater seen from south crater summit |
Fumarole deposits and fissures to the west |
fountaining north crater at dawn |
intermittent fountaining |
fountaining north crater at dawn |
intermittent fountaining |
intermittent fountaining |
fountaining at late dawn |
distant lava flow at night |
intermittent fountaining at night |
active crater with distant lava flow in morning dawn |
active crater in morning dawn |
Spattering |
intermittent fountaining |
intermittent fountaining |
Rangers taking lunch at the camp |
final view to degassing north crater |
back to Rugeri village |
approving from our porters |
Rangers leaving by truck |
local children |
