Lopevi July 2000 Photo Page

11 July 2000, f=50 mm. The NW flank of Lopevi volcano seen from the airplane. The NW fracture is well visible, as well as the active steaming vent releasing lava flows to the sea. The top of Lopevi is masked by weather clouds.

11 July 2000, f=50 mm. Details of the active lava flows on the NW flank of Lopevi volcano. Faint steam exits from the top of the active fissure, from which cold lava flows start. Midway between these vents and the coastline the active vent steams forcefully.

11 July 2000, f=50 mm. The active lava flows on the NW flank of Lopevi volcano seen from the airplane. Note the complex patterns of the aa lava flows reaching the Pacific Ocean.

21 July 2000, f=28 mm. The majestic cone of Lopevi volcano seen from NW from the boat. The fresh lava flows from the NW active fissure and from the top crater (released on 24 April 2000) are darker than the surrounding ash. Epi on the right background.

19 July 2000, f=28 mm. On February 2000, an enormous landslide has covered a palm forest on the W flank of Lopevi volcano.

19 July 2000, f=135 mm. Lopevi. Details of the W side of the top active crater. Below it, the scarp source of the february landslide is well visible. On 24 April 2000, the same scarp became a vent of an aa lava flow (towards bottom left).

19 July 2000, f=28 mm. We have reached the NW fracture a few days after the lava flows have stopped. The vent which was forcefully steaming a week ago releases now faint stem (center right). In the background, the Lopevi top crater.

20 July 2000, all-sky fish-eye photo. The Milky Way crosses all Lopevi night sky. All Vanuatu islands, without electric power, offer perfect night skyes. From left to right: Sagittarius (Milky Way center), Scorpius, Lupus, Centaurus, Crux and Eta Carinae.

19 July 2000, f=28 mm. The Lopevi NW flank with the fresh lava flows going down to the sea seen from the boat. The steaming active top crater in the background.

21 July 2000, f=28 mm. Close view of the aa lava flow fronts onto the sea: they were still very hot. In the background, the NW fissure and the Lopevi steaming top crater.

21 July 2000, f=28 mm. The steaming top crater of Lopevi dominates the volcano N flank. In the foreground, sea erosion shows the strata of old lava flows entering the sea.

21 July 2000, f=28 mm. Sunset at Paama island. In the background, the islands of Malakula (left) and Ambrym (right).