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Bocca Nuova November 2000

- Strombolian activity in Bocca Nuova:
Impressions from an excursion on 3 November 2000 -


Bocca Nuova on 3 November 2000: afternoon

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Bocca Nuova + SE-crater + Torre del Filosofo

SE-crater BN
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Large 1.5 m - bomb from SEC

It had been a cold night ! - Wind-shaped ice patterns at the TdF.

Scoria bombs (ca. 20 cm) from BN in November.

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Weak strombolian activity, mainly in the NE pit could be observed from the SW rim of BN (left 3 pictures). The NW crater that had formed during the vigorous eruptive period Sept.-Nov. 1999 (photos) was mostly quiet and steaming. (below r)

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The W pit fills with steam.

Occasionally, internal collapses produced dark ash-clouds.

View from inside BN to the rim. Stephane is a silhouette against the setting sun.

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A dramatic sea of clouds seen from Bocca Nuova.

Sunset.