Steam rises from new fissures that fed lava flows at the Manda Hararo complex, as seen on 20 August 2007. The Manda Hararo complex is the southernmost axial range of western Afar. The massive complex is 105 x 20-30 km and represents an uplifted segment of a mid-ocean ridge spreading center. Voluminous lava flows erupted from NNW-trending fissures.

Photo courtesy of Gezahegn Yirgu, 2007 (Addis Ababa University).

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Galleries: Lava Flows | Fissure Vents

Keywords: lava flow | fissure | plume | volcanic gas

Manda Hararo