At the site of the destroyed lava dome of the Shiveluch volcano in Kamchatka, a crater with a diameter of about one kilometer was formed. This was reported by the Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The first satellite images of the volcano after its violent eruption a week ago have been published.
In the infrared, experts have spotted an annular structure of high temperatures in the central part of the crater. The pyroclastic flow did not go west, its main branches headed south and southeast of the volcano. Determining their exact boundaries is still difficult with cloudiness.
Apparently there was an explosion headed southeast. Most of the structure of the active dome was destroyed. A huge crater was formed, more than a kilometer in diameter. The strongest outgassing fumarole activity is observed in the crater.
Recall that the eruption of the Shiveluch volcano took place on April 11. Scientists have named the accompanying ash fall as the strongest in the past 60 years. Nearly 1,500 cubic meters of volcanic ash were removed from Kamchatka settlements.
The eruption of Shiveluch will continue for a long time. And the ash and mesh compounds will remain in the atmosphere for some time, causing periodic cooling. Scientists believe that the main phase of the eruption is over, but with such elements you can never be sure.
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