4100 x 4100 px | 34,7 x 34,7 cm | 13,7 x 13,7 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
10 luglio 2009
Altre informazioni:
Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Fogo--fire--is an apt name for this imposing volcanic island. One of the Cape Verde Islands located roughly 640 kilometers off the westernmost tip of Africa, Fogo received its name from Portuguese colonists around 1500 AD. The volcano was almost continuously active from that time until about 1760. This image of the volcano was captured on June 10, 2009. The volcano's most distinctive feature, its nine-kilometer wide caldera, Cha Caldera, is shown in this image. The crater wall in the west towers one kilometer above the crater floor. The eastern half of the crater wall is gone, erased in a massive collapse deep in its ancient history..Evidence of the volcano's more recent eruptive history is written on the surface of the crater as well. In the center of the crater, a steep cone named Pico rises about 100 meters above the crater rim (more than a kilometer from the crater floor). The young peak reaches 2, 829 meters (9, 281 feet) above sea level, making it the island's highest point.
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