Video compilation |
Fogo island seen from Ferry |
Gas plume at sunset |
active area at base of Pico |
new crater area with multiple strombolian eruptions |
side oriented vent
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upper crater area
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activity at dawn, 30.11. |
four vents in parallel eruption |
lavaflow descending into caldera |
steep caldera walls at sunrise |
steep caldera walls at sunrise |
ash emitting vent with gas faculae |
ash emitting vent with gas faculae |
caldera landscape |
caldera landscape |
caldera landscape in first sunlight |
between active phases the vents are steaming silently |
sodified lavabomb |
lavaflow emitting area in low active phase |
lava bubbling at lava exit point |
fast and loud strombolian eruption in daylight |
lava bubbling at lava exit point |
beginning of ash episode from lower crater |
increasing ash emission |
beginning of ash emission from middle crater |
sometimes hot and glowing gas escapes |
sodified lava bomb |
view back to active area, fissure shape |
small plant in front of few days old lavaflow |
view back, increasing ash eruption |
strong ash emission |
villagers in Portela saving their posessions, active lavaflow behind |
collapsed house roof drifting on advancing lava |
lavaflow buries collapsed house, 30.11. |
advancing lavaflow before collapsed house |
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view to active crater complex from Portela village |
Pico de Fogo with ash cloud |
lavaflow bypasses collapsed house |
burning vegetation in front |
advancing lavaflow with active craters behind |
advancing lavaflow |
lava overruns vegetation |
burning vegetation |
advancing Aa lava |
house drifting on lavaflow |
buried house |
lava crosses main road |
advancing lavaflow with part of village behind |
advancing lava |
advancing lava |
ash eruption seen from NW side |
view back to Portela, lavaflow behind |
reaching active craters from NW |
lavaflow to the S |
Portela below caldera walls |
last image of intact Portela part, 36h later this part were overrun by lava |
Pico de Fogo |
strong ash eruption in afternoon |
strong ash eruption in afternoon |
strong ash eruption in afternoon |
strong ash eruption in afternoon |
silent phase at sunset |
last sunlight on Pico's summit |
upper part of lavaflow |
active craters in low phase |
newly refreshed lava lobe, 1.12. early morning |
strombolian phase, dawn 1.12. |
strombolian phase, dawn 1.12. |
strombolian phase, dawn 1.12. |
strombolian phase, dawn 1.12. |
ash emission starts, dawn 1.12. |
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view down into caldera with winding lavaflow |
hot gas emission at dawn |
illuminated steam cloud |
lower vent in strong strombolian phase |
ash cloud from lower crater |
lower vent in strombolian phase |
lower vent in strong strombolian phase |
lower vent in strombolian phase |
lower vent in strong strombolian phase |
first moments of a new lava burst, flooding lava exit area |
lava fountaining starts |
lava bubbling and fountaining |
lava bubbling and fountaining |
bursting bubble |
bursting bubble |
falling lava bombs |
huge lava bubbles bursting inside middle crater |
huge lava bubbles bursting inside middle crater |
another big lava bubble burst |
dense lava shreds underway |
dense lava shreds underway |
bursting bubble sequence: A |
B |
C |
huge lava shreds |
lava river at sunrise |
view down to lava river |
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lava shreds from uppermost crater |
lava shreds from uppermost crater |
strombolian eruption in daylight |
strong strombolian eruption |
strombolian eruption in daylight |
first moments of another lava burst, flooding lava exit area |
strombolian eruption in daylight |
strombolian eruption in daylight |
first moment of strombolian eruption in daylight |
ash venting |
glowing ash in daylight |
glowing ash in daylight |
ash eruption |
ash eruption from lower vent |
ash eruption from uppermost vent |
multiple ash eruptions |
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ash eruption from uppermost vent |
rare vegetation in this desert like area |
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rare vegetation in this desert like area |
few day old lava with buried main road |
few day old lava with caldera walls behind |
Pico de Fogo panorama |
few day old lava with Pico de Fogo |
Pico de Fogo |
ash eruption |
in Sao Filipe while taking a break |
evening light at the beach behind Tortuga bed&breakfast |
strombolian eruption, early morning 2.12. |
strombolian eruption, dawn 2.12. |
view down into caldera at dawn |
view down to lavaflow |
view down to lavaflow |
first sunlight while crossing hot lavafield for lavaflow exit point approach |
near lavaflow exit point |
near lavaflow exit point |
beginning of a small overflow event |
small lava cascade |
brink of lava cascade |
winding lava river |
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winding lava river |
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fast, channeled lava with superhot air above, it took only seconds to burn skin and camera |
lava cascade |
lava cascade |
lava cascade |
lavaflow winding into Portela direction |
fast, channeled lava with superhot air above |
channeled lava with extreme air turbulence due to superhot air |
channeled lava with extreme air turbulence due to superhot air |
extremely fluid lava near exit point, extreme hot air causes camera damage in seconds, without remote release skin would burn instantly |
observers near lava exit point |
new ash phase begins, afternoon 2.12. |
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strombolian phase ejecting big lava shreds |
big lava shreds shortly before impact |
lava river with extreme air turbulence above |
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advancing Aa lava |
huge lava bloc drifting on lava river |
last sunlight on Pico de Fogo cone |
active area with Pico de Fogo, panorama |
active area at dusk |
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active area at dusk |
lava river illuminated area |
lava river illuminated area |
early morning 3.12. |
lava illuminated caldera walls with starry sky above |
lava illuminated caldera walls with starry sky above |
Richard watching activity |
panoramic view at dawn, 3.12. |
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walking through old ash plain, W side of caldera |
caldera walls |
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old lava field below caldera walls |
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local farmland |
local farmland |
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Portela village on 3.12., main part is now buried by lava |
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buried main road |
collapsed house |
collapsed house |
collapsed house |
lava stopped near house |
structural fissures inside house |
lonesome dog watches new lavafront |
lava enters collapsed wall |
still intact area with gas cloud behind |
military rescues wine from famous winery |
military rescues wine by hand |
wine deposit on higher ground |
household things deposited on higher ground |
fresh lavaflow buries road and forest |
Pico de Fogo |
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old ash plane on S side of caldera |
fresh lavabomb on Pico's flank |
active craters |
fresh lavabomb on Pico's flank |
caldera in afternoon light |
lava bombs above active crater |
ejected lava shreds |
impacting and fragmenting lava bomb |
lava bombs above active crater |
ejected lava shreds |
impacting lava bombs |
lava rich eruption |
ash venting |
short lived steam ring |
caldera view at sunset |
sunset light |
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beginning of strombolian phase at dusk |
beginning of strombolian phase at dusk |
beginning of strombolian phase at dusk |
caldera with lavaflow |
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distant view of very strong strombolian phase |
leaving Fogo by Ferry |
Sao Filipe with caldera seen from Ferry |
distant view to caldera and Pico de Fogo |
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