The main mouth of the fissure eruption as seen from the Cabeza de Vaca road.
This latest event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
Brigade Armando Salazar of GIETMA-UME (Grupo de Intervención en Emergencias Tecnológicas y Medioambientales de la Unidad Militad de Emergencias) walking on AA lava slag still at over 300º C to collect samples for the IGME-CSIC (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas).
This latest event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
A house is destroyed in slow motion by AA-type lava flows.
This latest event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
Detail of a river of Pahoehoe lavas, these lavas are really fast, they can reach speeds of up to 40 km/h, depending on the slope and viscosity.
This last event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
Brigade Armando Salazar of GIETMA-UME (Grupo de Intervención en Emergencias Tecnológicas y Medioambientales de la Unidad Militad de Emergencias) walking on AA lava slag still at over 300º C to collect samples for the IGME-CSIC (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas).
This latest event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
Pablo Gonzalez (left) volcanologist at CSIC (Centro Superior de Investigaciones Cietíficas) and Carla Valenzuela (right) seismologist at GFZ (German Institute of Geophysics) take data at Los Guirres beach, in Tazacorte, on the behavior of lavas in contact with the ocean.
This latest event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
Corporal Álvaro Heredia of GIETMA-UME (Grupo de Intervención en Emergencias Tecnológicas y Medioambientales de la Unidad Militad de Emergencias) in a moment of rest after walking on AA lava slag still at over 300º C to collect samples for the IGME-CSIC (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas).
This latest event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
Brigade Armando Salazar (right) and Corporal Alvaro Heredia of GIETMA-UME (Grupo de Intervención en Emergencias Tecnológicas y Medioambientales de la Unidad Militad de Emergencias) taking liquid lava samples for the IGME-CSIC (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas).
This last event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
Brigade Armando Salazar (holding the thermal camera), Corporal Álvaro Heredia of GIETMA-UME (Grupo de Intervención en Emergencias Tecnológicas y Medioambientales de la Unidad Militad de Emergencias) and José Mediato (left) of IGME-CESIC (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) taking samples of liquid lava.
This latest event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
Brigade Armando Salazar and Corporal Alvaro Heredia of GIETMA-UME (Grupo de Intervención en Emergencias Tecnológicas y Medioambientales de la Unidad Militad de Emergencias) walking on AA lava slag still at over 300º C to collect samples for the IGME-CSIC (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas).
This latest event marks the first time this volcano has erupted since 1971. The island of La Palma is part of the Spanish Canary Islands and is one of the most volcanically active areas in the archipelago, with a population of about 85,000 people. The last eruption was preceded by several seismic swarms. More than 7000 villagers were evacuated and more than 1300 homes were destroyed.
