Dome Inflation at Kikai Caldera, Japan

Satsuma Iojima Island on the rim of the Kikai Caldera. Iojima rhyolite dome is at the upper right. Inamura scoria cone is midway between the peninsula at the lower right and Iojima. Photo courtesy Getty via The Sun. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/5572129/underwater-supervolcano-eruption-kill-100-million-people-japan-lava-dome-science/

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Mount Unzen Dome Complex

Mount Unzen from the west. Looking over Fugen-dake dome toward the east. http://рчц-дфо.рф/unzen-japan.php

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