Nyamuragira Lava Flows

In late November 2006, Nyamuragira Volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted, and local scientists feared the lava flows would impact nearby towns. Between the volcano’s activity and the armed civil and interstate conflict that has plagued the region for nearly a decade, however, personal inspection of the location and extent of the lava flows was nearly impossible.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Nyamuragira Lava Flows.

NASA image by Jesse Allen, based on model data provided by L’Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV).

Published December 12, 2007