Geology Picture of the Week, December 4-10, 2005: Karthala Eruption Menaces Comoros Islands

NASA Earth Observatory ^ | 11/24/2005

[cogitator]

The article is linked above, with a link to a larger version of this image:

Here are a couple of other images of Karthala (these may load slow; they're from the April 2005 eruption):

Karthala apparently dominates Grand Comore like Haleakala dominates Maui:

[cogitator]

If you read the accompanying article for the last picture, you'll discover that volcanic unrest usually takes a back seat to political unrest in this island chain. It's not a great place to visit. In the wake of Katrina here and the tsunami there, long-term suffering like this is kind of overlooked.

[cogitator]

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[geezerwheezer]

Really beautiful pictures here. Thanks for posting them.