Before and after the Soufriere Hills volcano erupted in 1997, building a huge lava dome at a rate of 30 cubic meters per second of sticky gassy magma. Build and collapse, sending pyroclastic flows with temperatures of 1500 degrees F to the town of Plymouth.

This is what is left, June 2024. The volcano is still considered active and is obscured by the gasses and dust of its venting.

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