A 300-m-wide crater near the summit of Sibayak volcano contains a small turquoise-colored crater lake and areas of extensive hydrothermal alteration and sulfur mineralization. Plumes rise above active fumaroles at several locations along the far crater wall.

Photo by Tom Casadevall, 1987 (U.S. Geological Survey).

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Galleries: Geothermal Features

Keywords: sulfur | crater | emissions | mineral deposit | fumarole | geothermal

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