Introduction

In September 2005, SOL team members Roberto Carniel and Marco Fulle undertook expeditions to Guadeloupe and Martinique, West Indies, with a team of volcanologists of the Volcano Seismology Working Group. After the passage of a tropical storm, during a few rare days of very dry weather, the following photographic coverage of vegetation-covered andesitic domes and the site of the catastrophe of St. Pierre could be achieved. All photos are copyright M. Fulle.

Virtual Climb La Soufrière		La Pelée and St. Pierre		Colors
QTVR La Soufrière volcano		QTVR La Pelée volcano		QTVR at volcano foot
Geothermal Energy		La Pelée Geology		La Soufrière Geology
Acknowledgements These pages would not have been possible without the logistical support of the organizing committee of the Annual Workshop of the Volcano Seismology Working Group of the European Seismological Commission. Moreover, we kindly acknowledge the personal collaboration of the Director of the Guadeloupe volcano observatory, François Beauducel, and of the Director of the Martinique volcano observatory, Sara Bazin. Geological information and maps of La Soufrière volcano are courtesy of Georges Boudon, Jean Christophe Komorowski and François Beauducel, IPGP, France.