Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-05056
Volcanologist Haraldur Sigurdsson observes a growing lava dome in the summit crater of Soufrière volcano in November 1979 during a field expedition to conduct geodetic surveys of the dome. By the end of the eruption in October 1979 the dome reached a height of 130 m.
Photo by Richard Fiske, 1979 (Smithsonian Institution).
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Soufrière St. Vincent