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The 1956 eruption of Bezymianny volcano

Our paper about the 1956 eruption of Bezymianny volcano


Bezymianny before the 1956 eruption.
Photo by Boris Piip, 1950.

Eruption cloud of the 1956 eruption.
Photo by V.Shamshin.

Bezymianny after the 1956 eruption. The
horseshoe shaped crater was formed
during the eruption and later filled with
lava dome. Photo was made in 1995.

One of the largest hummocks
of 1956 debris avalanche deposits.

Outcrop of the 1956 deposits: the lower part
- the multiple coloured block facies of debris
avalanche, upper - the pyroclastic flow.

Tree broken by the 1956 directed blast. The new
tree grows from the same roots. Distance
from the volcano 18 km.