Bezymianny Volcano, Russia

The Novy lava dome at Kamchatka's Bezymianny volcano has been growing since 1956 within a large horseshoe-shaped crater.

The 1.8 x 2.5 km crater formed during the catastrophic 1956 eruption when the summit of the volcano collapsed, producing a debris avalanche and lateral blast that swept to the east.

This 1980's view from the SW shows the outer flanks of the pre-1956 volcano in the foreground.

The lava dome has subsequently grown to the height of the crater rim.

PHOTO SOURCE: Yuri Doubik, Institute of Volcanology, Petropavlovsk, courtesy of the Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, used with permission.

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