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Barcena volcano, Mexico
An aerial view from the SE shows the Barcena tuff cone, constructed during an eruption in the Revillagigedo Islands off the western coast of Mexico during 1952-53.
The 700-m-wide crater is partially filled by small lava domes, and a fissure on the flank of the cone fed the black lava delta at the lower right.
The tuff cone was constructed to a height of about 330 m from near sea level within the first few weeks of an eruption that began on August 1.
The first lava dome had formed by mid-September, and flank lava effusion began on December 8.
PHOTO SOURCE: Adrian Richards 1955, US Geological Survey, courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, used with permission.
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