The Ngāuruhoe summit of the Tongariro volcanic complex is in the foreground, while in the background is a weak plume produced during the 1995-96 Ruapehu eruption, dispersing to the SW. The scoria cone within the Ngāuruhoe crater largely formed during the 1954-55 eruption and produced lava flows down the NW to W flanks.

Photo by John A Krippner, 1995-1996.

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Keywords: scoria cone | crater | eruption | emissions | ash | volcanic ash | oxidation

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