Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-10350

The vertical stabilizer of the Space Shuttle Endeavor appears above the summit caldera of Emi Koussi volcano at the SE end of the Tibesti Range in Chad. Nested 12 x 15 km wide calderas at the summit contain large craters and young basaltic scoria cones. NASA Space Shuttle image STS108-701-008, 2001 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).

The vertical stabilizer of the Space Shuttle Endeavor appears above the summit caldera of Emi Koussi volcano at the SE end of the Tibesti Range in Chad. Nested 12 x 15 km wide calderas at the summit contain large craters and young basaltic scoria cones.

NASA Space Shuttle image STS108-701-008, 2001 (http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/).

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Keywords: caldera | crater

Emi Koussi