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Gas plume rises above lava fountains in a lava lake in the summit crater of Nyiragongo volcano, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 20 August 1994

By Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
Gas plume rises above lava fountains in a lava lake in the summit crater of Nyiragongo volcano, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on 20 August 1994
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A gas plume rises above lava fountains in a lava lake in the summit crater of Nyiragongo volcano on 20 August 1994. USGS photo by Jack Lockwood.

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