Tempest Anderson photo - Large Tree and Volcanic Deposit (date/location unknown)

Tempest Anderson photo - Large Tree and Volcanic Deposit (date/location unknown)

Yorkshire Museum Image reference: YORM_TA40

Photographs from St Vincent after the 1902 eruption of La Soufriére volcano.

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 order of ~10cm), which drain into a larger main channel in the bottom left of the photo, which has a depth of approximately 30-40cm (man on right of frame used as approximate scale). One tree stump protrudes from the deposit on the right. In the background of the image there is a large tree protruding from a hillside/valley side that has been stripped of leaves. The surrounding hillslopes are free of vegetation and are covered by a dense gully network. The exact location and date of this photograph are unknown as the slide is unlabelled.

Tempest Anderson

York Museums Trust

Unknown - presumed 1902

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Eruption of La Soufriére St Vincent 1902

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Unknown man