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Photograph of Chateaubelair (not labelled, but inferred from visible jetty and coastline features) taken from across the bay from the north towards Richmond. Land appears to be well vegetated.

Photograph taken from the base of a valley looking up stream. The base of the valley is occupied by a smoothed surface of what appears to be the deposit of a pyroclastic density current; the surface of the deposit is incised by small channels (of the…

Photograph of the Wallibou Works showing damaged buildings (masonry, pillars, arches, no roofing apparent) and machinery (e.g. a crate, a range of large wheels, including what appears to be a water wheel). Works are partially buried by a deposit,…

Densely vegetated area. Two masonry features are visible, though mostly obscured by vegetation: a square pillar, a small building (windows visible). Roof not visible, and the top of the pillar is jagged, suggesting damage.

Photograph of the mouth of the Wallibou River. Steam is widespread over the debris fan entering the sea. Surrounding hill slopes are mostly bare with some severely damaged vegetation evident (reduced to bare trunks). 1902, precise date not known.

Photograph of the coast near Wallibou, taken from the sea. Shows cliffs topped by bare land surface incised by gullies.

View to the north along the coast from the mouth of the Wallibou. Four river channels meet the sea, emerging from steep-sided valleys, terminating in flat alluvial fans; the Wallibou, the largest, occupies the foreground. The steep-sided valley walls…

People boarding or disembarking small boats on a beach at the foot of cliffs near the Wallibou. 1902, precise date not known.

Foreground shows numerous trees stripped of leaves and partially buried by a gently sloping deposit incised by a dense network of gullies. Background is hazy, but valley sides are visible; some bare tree trunks can be seen.

The main subjects of this photograph are the funnel-like gully systems incised into basins within the valley sides in the background of the picture. The foreground shows steaming pyroclastic deposits which also appear to be deeply incised; the photo…