Shivelutch: At the foot of the dome

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The fumarolic ground at the foot of the dome.
Then we yet did not know, that day after
the pyroclastic surge of August 13 burst will cover this place.
Safety helmets would be useless in this case.

Vapours of fumarolic activity
between crater wall and lava dome Lava dome from its basis

Sometimes Shivelutch bursts eject
such lava blocks The crater's wall, which was formed by
1964 eruption. In summer there is
continual din of landslides. The view
from basis of lava dome

Sergei Malyshev The lodge for observations is covered with
snow up to roof in winter of 1987.
Distance to lava dome is 2 km.
Altitude 1800 m.

Lidiya Malysheva in the lodge.
2 km from the sometimes bursting dome View from the lodge on Kamchatka
river valley

Deposits of pyroclastic flows
erupted by Shivelutch in 1964.

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Vapours of fumarolic activity between crater wall and lava dome	Lava dome from its basis


Sometimes Shivelutch bursts eject such lava blocks	The crater's wall, which was formed by 1964 eruption. In summer there is continual din of landslides. The view from basis of lava dome


Sergei Malyshev	The lodge for observations is covered with snow up to roof in winter of 1987. Distance to lava dome is 2 km. Altitude 1800 m.


Lidiya Malysheva in the lodge. 2 km from the sometimes bursting dome	View from the lodge on Kamchatka river valley