Montserrat and Dominica, Antilles, January 1997

Plymouth evacuated:  Soufriere Hills volcano erupting, ash on everything.

 

Soufriere Hills dome:  generating block-and-ash flow.

 

Boiling Lake surrounded by tropical rainforest.

 

Valley of Desolation:  1880 eruption destroyed the rainforest.

 

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