Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-02277

A volcanologist from the Institute of Volcanology in Petropavlovsk observes a lava fountain from an Alaid scoria cone in 1972. The eruption began on 18 June and lasted until 11 September. A chain of small cones was formed on a 2-km-long fissure on the lower NW flank and lava flows reached the sea and formed a new peninsula. Photo by Yuri Doubik, 1972 (Institute of Volcanology, Petropavlovsk).

A volcanologist from the Institute of Volcanology in Petropavlovsk observes a lava fountain from an Alaid scoria cone in 1972. The eruption began on 18 June and lasted until 11 September. A chain of small cones was formed on a 2-km-long fissure on the lower NW flank and lava flows reached the sea and formed a new peninsula.

Photo by Yuri Doubik, 1972 (Institute of Volcanology, Petropavlovsk).

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