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Image GVP-11779

The Levaya Belaya lava flow erupted from a cone 5 km ENE of the summit of Chashakondzha. Compressional ridges are visible in the middle of the photo, and the Levaya Belaya River has cut a channel along the northern flow margin. The lava was radiocarbon dated to about 2,610 years ago. Copyrighted photo by Adam Kirilenko, 2002.

The Levaya Belaya lava flow erupted from a cone 5 km ENE of the summit of Chashakondzha. Compressional ridges are visible in the middle of the photo, and the Levaya Belaya River has cut a channel along the northern flow margin. The lava was radiocarbon dated to about 2,610 years ago.

Copyrighted photo by Adam Kirilenko, 2002.

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