La Soufrière St Vincent Eruption 1979 - Photos
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Title
La Soufrière St Vincent Eruption 1979 - Photos
Description
A series of photographs taken by Sir Steve Sparks (volcanologist) during the eruption of 1979.
Creator
Sir Steve Sparks
Date
1979
Rights
All photos are reproduced here with permission from Sir Steve Sparks.
Type
Photos
Collection Items
Photographing La Soufrière St Vincent - 1979
Sir Steve Sparks (white shirt) looks into a camera while he observes the 1979 eruption. Other scientists watch the eruption and make observations.
Scientists install a seismometer on La Soufrière, St Vincent - April 1979
Scientists wearing hard hats and in the possession of gas masks install a seismometer in a metal box on La Soufrière, St Vincent - April 1979.
Lava dome in the crater of La Soufrière St Vincent - April 1979
View down into the crater of La Soufrière St Vincent in 1979 a lava dome has grown our of the crater floor. White steam can be seen.
A scientist examines pyroclastic flow deposits in a river valley on St Vincent - April 1979
A scientist wearing a hard hat examines pyroclastic flow deposits in a river valley on St Vincent - April 1979
Pyroclastic flow deposits from La Soufrière St Vincent, April 1979
An exposed section of pyroclastic flow deposits from the 1979 eruption of La Soufrière St Vincent. A hammer is used for scale.
Rainbow over La Soufrière St Vincent, - 1979
View of La Soufrière from the sea, the sky is cloudy and a rainbow is cast over the volcano.
Ash being washed into the ocean, West coast of La Soufrière St Vincent, - 1979
View from land down into the ocean off the coast of St Vincent, ash can be seen washing out into the water turning it a brown colour.
Scientists making observations from a boat, La Soufrière St Vincent, - 1979
Scientists in hard hats and goggles make observations from a boat off the coast of St Vincent in 1979
Views of La Soufrière St Vincent, from the Belmont observatory - April 1979
View of La Soufrière St Vincent, from the Belmont observatory - April 1979
Dilute slow moving surge related to collapse of plume margins. April 1979.
View of a dilute slow moving surge related to collapse of plume margins on the volcano and entering the water on the leeward side of St Vincent - April 1979 from the Belmont volcano observatory