File:Fogo, Cape Verde Islands.jpg
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English: The volcano’s most distinctive feature, its nine-kilometre wide caldera, Cha Caldera, is shown in this image. The crater wall in the west towers one kilometre above the crater floor. The eastern half of the crater wall is gone, erased in a massive collapse deep in its ancient history. Evidence of the volcano’s more recent eruptive history is written on the surface of the crater as well. In the centre of the crater, a steep cone named Pico rises about 100 meters above the crater rim (more than a kilometre from the crater floor). The young peak reaches 2,829 meters above sea level, making it the island’s highest point. Dark trails of hardened lava from the volcano's most recent eruptions stream out of the crater east into the Atlantic Ocean. The volcano last erupted in 1995. The sepia stream of lava from that eruption is pooled near the crater rim west of Pico. Remarkably, the crater is inhabited. A straight road cuts between the crater wall and Pico, ending near the vent that erupted in 1995. Bright white dots on the north side of the crater are villages. Residents of the Cha Caldera evacuated during the eruption. Français : Vue aérienne du Pico do Fogo, un volcan sur une île du Cap-Vert. Sa caldeira fait 9 kilomètres de diamètre et son mur ouest s'élève de 1 kilomètre au-dessus du plancher du cratère. Ce volcan a récemment été actif : en 1995, des villageois ont évacué les lieux. |
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Author | Jesse Allen |
Image created using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 Team. nstrument: EO-1 - ALI
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This image was selected as picture of the day on Wikimedia Commons for 30 July 2011. It was captioned as follows: English: Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. The volcano’s most distinctive feature, its nine-kilometre wide caldera, Cha Caldera, is shown in this image. Other languages:
Deutsch: Fogo auf den Kapverdischen Inseln – die auffälligste Besonderheit in diesem Bild ist der Vulkan Cha Caldera mit seiner neun Kilometer großen Caldera English: Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. The volcano’s most distinctive feature, its nine-kilometre wide caldera, Cha Caldera, is shown in this image. Español: Fogo, una isla de Cabo Verde. El rasgo más característico del volcán es su caldera de 9 km de ancho, Cha Caldera, puede verse en esta imagen. Français : Vue aérienne du Pico do Fogo, un volcan sur une île du Cap-Vert. Sa caldeira fait 9 kilomètres de diamètre et son mur ouest s'élève de 1 kilomètre au-dessus du plancher du cratère. Ce volcan a récemment été actif : en 1995, des villageois ont évacué les lieux. Italiano: Il vulcano dell'isola di Fogo, Capo Verde. In evidenza Cha Caldera, la sua caldera larga nove chilometri. Magyar: A Zöldfoki-szigetekhez tartozó Fogo légifotója. A kép érdekessége a Cha Caldera vulkán kilenc kilométer átmérőjű kalderája. 中文: 佛得角福戈岛,其最大的特色为一个直径达9公里的破火山口。 |
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