Santiaguito Dome
by Stephen & Donna O'Meara
Title
Santiaguito Dome
Artist
Stephen & Donna O'Meara
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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Eruption of the Santiaguito Dome Volcano is located near the city of Quetzeltenango in the Sierra Madre Mountain range of Guatemala. High concentrations of silica glass and gases in the thick dacitic lava produced by the volcano plug the vent until enough pressure builds up and causes a violent explosive eruption. In 1902 this volcano had the seconfd largest volcanic eruption in the twentieth century killing hundrerds of people. Photograph taken from the south on February 2, 1999
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April 4th, 2014
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