| Photos. Merapi presents an activity of quasi continuous extrusion of lava which forms a dome in a horse-shoe shaped crater. The dome is continuously and partially destroyed by avalanches and pyroclastic flows. |
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1. View of Merapi from the North that reveals the strong asymetry of the edifice, and the high slopes of the volcano, reaching 57° near the summit. |
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2. The January 30 1992 lava dome (Cliché J. Tondeur). |
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3. November 22, 1994 pyroclastic flow that killed 69 people (Cliché M. Mongin). |