Young, Active Bagana Volcano

A large conical volcano in Papua New Guinea has been built up from prolific lava flows over the last 300 to 500 years.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Young, Active Bagana Volcano.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Story by Sara E. Pratt.

Published June 1, 2022
Data acquired May 28, 2022