Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-03930

The summit of Fuego was constructed within a massive collapse scarp in the older Meseta edifice, remnants of which form the flat ridge to the right. This collapse may have happened about 8,500 years ago. The forested lower slopes of Acatenango can be seen at the right in this view from the NE. Photo by Lee Siebert, 1988 (Smithsonian Institution).

The summit of Fuego was constructed within a massive collapse scarp in the older Meseta edifice, remnants of which form the flat ridge to the right. This collapse may have happened about 8,500 years ago. The forested lower slopes of Acatenango can be seen at the right in this view from the NE.

Photo by Lee Siebert, 1988 (Smithsonian Institution).

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Keywords: stratovolcano | gas | gas plume | degassing

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