This view from the N looks into the acidic Cráter Activo lake with layered pyroclastic deposits exposed in the SW crater wall. The crater rim of the forested Rincón de la Vieja cone is to the upper left, with the non-volcanic Jilgueros lake at the top.

Photo by Eliecer Duarte (OVSICORI-UNA).

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Galleries: Craters

Keywords: crater | crater lake | erosion | stratigraphy

Rincón de la Vieja