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Embodying a message of resilience, the mural features a re-imagined "Mermaid of Chances Peak", and a tribute to the housing schemes such as Look Out and Davy Hill, which were developed to house families displaced due to volcanic activity during the…

Photo of the lava dome protruding above the surface of the lake in the Crater of La Soufrière. The lava dome stopped growing after the 22nd March 1972.

Photo of the dome in the crater, soon after extrusion broke surface, probably Dec 1971 or Jan 1972

Photo of the lava dome in the crater of La Soufrière St Vincent, taken around the 13th December 1971

Lava dome in the crater of La Soufrière St Vincent soon after extrusion of the dome stopped - late March/early April 1972

Photos taken during Haraldur Sigurdsson's boat trip onto the crater lake to carry out sampling - 13th December 1971

Photo of the lava dome protruding above the surface of the lake in the Crater of La Soufrière. Taken early 1972.

Members of UWISRC carry instruments down into the crater of La Soufrière St Vincent to monitor the volcano after the emergence of the lava dome from the lake in late 1971.

Handwritten note

questions RE state of emergency, Governor of Montserrat and FCO staff