Colima pyroclastic flow deposit

Colima pyroclastic flow deposit

Pyroclastic flow front from September 16th 2005 eruption. Taken 3 days later about 2.5 km from the summit. Temperatures in places were over 200 C. The channel will likely have been a result of heavy rains incising into the soft material left by other, larger eruptions earlier in the year where material travelled much further down the volcano.
Baarb
on Feb 14, 2012 5:11 pm
Image Type(s): Informational
Image ID: 776620

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