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November 2008 Alu/Dalaffilla Fissure Eruption

The landscape of the Afar region in northern Ethiopia results from tectonic forces working deep below the surface, both splitting Africa apart and producing volcanic eruptions. Lava from a November 2008 eruption at the Erta Ale Range remained visible months later.


Formosat image © 2008 Dr. Cheng-Chien Liu, National Cheng-Kung University, and Dr. An-Ming Wu, National Space Organization, Taiwan. Caption by Dr. Ralph Harrington, the Volcanism Blog.

Published February 4, 2009
Data acquired December 25, 2008

Sources:
FORMOSAT-2
FORMOSAT-2 > RSI