An ash plume rises above the Santiaguito lava dome complex in June 1976 nearly to the height of Santa María's summit. The dome complex was constructed within a large explosion crater that formed in the SW flank of during the major 1902 explosive eruption. The crater, seen in profile here, extends from just below the summit to 2.2 km elevation, below the bottom of the photo.

Photo by Bill Rose, 1976 (Michigan Technological University).

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Keywords: eruption | ash plume | plume | ash | lava dome

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