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Slide 10: Nyiragongo volcano in Zaire near a fumerole, a volcanic vent where gases are escaping.  Note the charred vegetation in the area as well as volcanic pyroclasts and ash deposits.  This photo was taken during the late 1980s after one of the many episodes of active volcanism in the Virunga chain. 
Image credit: photo by Robert E. Ford, Westminster College of Salt Lake City, Utah 
 

Created 12 February 1998. Last updated 30 April 1998  by JDH.