Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo,               

   Democratic Republic of the Congo            

 

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Image 1. The stratovolcano Nyiragongo, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as seen from Rwanda.  [6]

Image 2. Plume from Mount Nyiragongo during January 2002 eruption.[2]

Image 3. Mt. Nyamuragira caldera. [3]

Image 4. Lava flowing from a new cone, Mikombe, on the northeastern flank of Nyamuragira [4]

Image 5. 2002 lava flow through the countryside [5]

Image 6. 2002 lava flow that went through Goma to the edge of Lake Kivu [5]

Image 7.  Thermal image of a fissure radiating from Mt. Nyiragongo [5]

Image 8. Steam and gas from Nyiragongo. [5]

Image 9. Children watching a demonstration on mazukus by a UN volcanologist [5].

Image 10. Gas plume being emitted from Nyiragongo [5].

Image 11. Schoolchildren at a school on the flanks of Nyiragongo where other children have died in mazukus [5].

Image 12. Goma Observatory [5].

[1] USGS, 1 January 2007, accessed 31 January 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nyiragongo_lava_lake.jpg

[2]  NASA, 1 January 2007, accessed 31 January 2007, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Nyiragongo_2002_eruption.jpg

[3] Simon Carn, 2004, accessed 31 January 2007, http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0203-02=&VErupt=Y&VSources=Y&VRep=Y&VWeekly=Y&volpage=photos&photo=109084

[4] Minoru Kasahara, 1991, Hokkaido University, accessed 31 January 2007, http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0203-02=&VErupt=Y&VSources=Y&VRep=Y&VWeekly=Y&volpage=photos&photo=015083

[5] Volcano Under the City. Dir. Antoine de Maximy. Prod. Gary Glassman. DVD. Bonne Pioche, Greenspace Productions XII Inc., and WGBH Educational Foundation, 2005.

[6] B. Martinelli. 1994. Courtesy Jack Lockwood of the USGS. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0203-03=&VErupt=Y&VSources=Y&VRep=Y&VWeekly=Y&volpage=photos&photo=058064