Lava dome
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In volcanology, a lava dome is a circular, mound-shaped protrusion resulting from the slow extrusion of viscous lava from a volcano. Dome-building eruptions are common, particularly in convergent plat
Rhyolitic lava dome of Chaitén Volcano during its 2008–2010 eruption
One of the Inyo Craters, an example of a rhyolite dome
Nea Kameni seen from Thera, Santorini
Lava domes in the crater of Mount St. Helens
Novarupta
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Novarupta is a volcano located on the Alaska Peninsula on a slope of Trident Volcano in Katmai National Park and Preserve, about 290 miles southwest of Anchorage. Novarupta was formed in 1912, during
Lava dome
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Novarupta's lava dome in June 2011
The 1912 eruption resulted in Mount Katmai losing a cubic mile of its summit. This photo shows Mount Katmai in 1913.
Colorful ash in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes