Global Volcanism Program | Image GVP-12759

$This February 2017 view of El Caliente of the Santiaguito lava dome complex is from the Santa Maria summit (producing the shadow to the right). The other Santiaguito domes visible from left to right (approximately NE-SW) are El Caliente, La Mitad, El Monje, and El Brujo. El Caliente is degassing through its characteristic ring-shaped fracture network. Photo by Ailsa Naismith, 2017.$

This February 2017 view of El Caliente of the Santiaguito lava dome complex is from the Santa Maria summit (producing the shadow to the right). The other Santiaguito domes visible from left to right (approximately NE-SW) are El Caliente, La Mitad, El Monje, and El Brujo. El Caliente is degassing through its characteristic ring-shaped fracture network.

Photo by Ailsa Naismith, 2017.

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Keywords: lava dome | degassing | gas plume | volcanic gas | emissions

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