Karymsky Volcano, Russia
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Karymsky Volcano, Russia
Karymsky, one of Kamchatka's most active volcanoes, is a symmetrical stratovolcano constructed within a 5-km-wide caldera that formed during a major explosive eruption about 7500 years ago.
Much of the youthful cone, seen here from a volcanological field camp on the SW flank, is mantled by lava flows less than 200 years old.
Frequent historical eruptions have produced long-term explosive activity with occasional lava flows from the summit crater.
PHOTO SOURCE: Nikolai Smelov, 1996 (courtesy of Vera Ponomareva, Institute of Volcanic Geology and Geochemistry, Petropavlovsk), courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, used with permission.
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