Incandescent blocks dislodging from a slow-moving lava flow create an incandescent path below stars in this 24 April 1961 night-time long exposure of Colima. Following lava dome growth in the summit crater, a lava flow began traveling down the northern flank in 1961 and reached the caldera moat by the end of 1962.

Photo by José Suarez Jaramillo, 1961 (courtesy of Julian Flores, University of Guadalajara).

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Keywords: lava flow | block | eruption

Colima