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Mount Erebus, Antarctica

The southernmost active volcano in the world has a molten lava lake at its core.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Mount Erebus, Antarctica.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen, using data from NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team. Caption by Michael Carlowicz.

Published February 5, 2016
Data acquired December 31, 2013

Sources:: Landsat 8 > TIRS; Terra > ASTER