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Activity at Tuzovsky shield volcano has formed several scoria cones visible in this September 2018 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 13 km across). The cone to the right with a ~300-m-wide summit crater is Sredny, and 4 km NW is Tvitunup. The Tuzovsky cone is near the center of the image. Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2018 (https://www.planet.com/).

Activity at Tuzovsky shield volcano has formed several scoria cones visible in this September 2018 Planet Labs satellite image monthly mosaic (N is at the top; this image is approximately 13 km across). The cone to the right with a ~300-m-wide summit crater is Sredny, and 4 km NW is Tvitunup. The Tuzovsky cone is near the center of the image.

Satellite image courtesy of Planet Labs Inc., 2018 (https://www.planet.com/).

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Keywords: scoria cone | crater | shield volcano


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