Sunday, February 28, 2010

Pictures on Nevado del Ruiz eruption in 1985









   
Hazard map for Nevado del Ruiz, with 1985 lahars shown in red. (Photo: USGS)













Location of Nevado del Ruiz (photo: by USGS)





             



  
Convergent plate boundary (Source: wikipedia)


Nevado del Ruiz before eruption in 1985 (Photo: United States Geological Survey)

Summit of Nevado del Ruiz in late Nov 1985 (Photo: United States Geological Survey)

Eruption of Nevado del Ruiz (Photo: by Reuters / Fabio Serrano) 

Remains of Armero town after lahar flow in 1985 (Photo: by R.J.Janda/USGS)

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