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Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo

In central Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sit two volcanoes: Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira. Besides their proximity to Lake Kivu in the south, these volcanoes share the capacity for destruction, each having produced its share of catastrophic eruptions since the early twentieth century. Yet these volcanoes differ markedly from each other, one being a low-profiled structure rising subtly from the plain, and the other sporting steep slopes.


NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using Landsat data provided by the University of Maryland’s Global Land Cover Facility.

Published December 10, 2007
Data acquired January 31, 2003

Sources:
Landsat 7
Landsat 7 > ETM+