An overflight on the morning of 3 December 1998 shows lava flows advancing down the SW flank of Colima. The flow in the center is diverted by a topographic high into two lobes. By the previous day the three lava flows on the SSW flanks had reached estimated lengths of 1 km (westerly flow), 1.2 km (central flow), and 0.9 km (SE flow). Nevado de Colima is to the left.

Photo by Juan Carlos Gavilanes, 1998 (Colima Volcano Observatory, Universidad de Colima).

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Keywords: lava flow | gas | gas plume | emissions | eruption | stratovolcano | lava lobe

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