Prevailing winds disperse an ash plume from Fuego to the SW in December 1978 as a small pyroclastic flow descends the SE (left) flank. Intermittent minor eruptions took place over a two-year interval from 11 September 1977 to 8 August 1979. Strombolian eruptions were sometimes accompanied by small pyroclastic flows and lava flows.

Photo by Bill Rose, 1978 (Michigan Technological University).

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Galleries: Ash Plumes and Ashfall

Keywords: explosive eruption | ash plume | eruption | ash | plume | wind dispersal

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