Alayta shield volcano

Författare/Upphovsman:

NASA Landsat image (courtesy of Hawaii Synergy Project, Univ. of Hawaii Institute of Geophysics & Planetology)

Kreditera:

http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0201-112&volpage=photos&photo=111081

Kort länk:

https://sewiki.info/b/95ccb

Källa:

Wikimedia Commons

Upplösning:

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Beskrivning:

The elongated massif extending down the center of the image is Alayta shield volcano, which covers an area of 2700 sq km in the western Danakil depression. A series of very recent craters is aligned along the NNW-trending axis of the basaltic-to-trachytic shield. The Alayta lava field, covered by very fresh lava flows, was erupted from N-S-trending fissures along the east side of the shield volcano and laps up against the western flank of Afderà volcano, immediately south of Lake Guilietti (Lake Afrera) at the upper right-center.

Licens:

Public domain