6.00 am morning at the Td'F  



  Cinema

                          TB 

Red arrows are piercing the dense black ash column.

 The diameter of the new crater (rim) apprx.170 m, the uprising height of the fontain was estimated by us about 500 m.

 Distance of the observation point apprx.350 meters from the crater rim.

                  MR

                    MR

This three right images from Martin were taken 20 minutes earlier. During the sunrise the colors of the environment was turning every minute and you got really in trouble in exposing and changing films.

        TB

3rd Nov.: Standing at the south side of the Td’F. being protected by a thick congrete ceiling the variety of erupting forms were not countable. Exact bright candles, chaotic fire mushrooms, lightning fingers and the liquid lava in the bottom zone of this big bowl was so stunned that Martin was certainly brought one kg  6 x 7cm films through his Pentax.In the early morning he said.” My fingers are hurting so much, and I think this must come from unpacking plenty of this damned film rolls”. Smiling to him by knowing this situation as well I commented: “Yes, it’s better to take one picture more…….

 

                    TB

                     TB

7.00: Like candles the lava was forced up to 250 - 500 meters. The impressive ash and lapilli cloud leaving in the south eastern direction damped the sunlight and made it possible that the fountains could be seen intensive red .  

The more or less surprising thing was, that at November 25 the little crater in the foreground shows a new explosive activity. This information I got from the Update of Boris Behncke which is linked at the bottom of this page. Here you can read also that the whole activity in the Southern areal is still going on.

MR

Wide angle photo (left) with a tall lava ejection.

        TB

        TB

On the left side you can see the only 14 month young Cono de Laghetto in a total new landscape.


 

 

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