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Papua New Guinea–Mt Tavurvur Volcano


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(Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): Kathy & I were at PNG for our 3rd HIV/AIDS teachers' confernece, our 2nd time in Rabaul on the island of East New Britain. While there Mt. Tavurvur the local volcano was active. (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): We're part of a 3 person training team plus staff from Crossroads. Next to us are Don the Australia-Pacific Crossroads coordinator, and Mark Kelley a health educator from Oklahoma State-Tulsa. We joined a char (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): Mt. Tavuvur would send molten rock up around 300 meters in the air about every 5-10 minutes, sending ash down constantly over the school we taught at.
(Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): Here's a view from Google Earth. The mountain itself is actually on the rim of a giant volcanic caldera, and ancient volcano that like Crater Lake had exploded and collapsed on itself leaving an incredibly deep cr (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): 1st in a series of 5 shots of an eruption in progress. (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): 2nd of 5
(Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): 3rd of 5 (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): 4th of 5 (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): 5th of 5
(Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): As the sun set we couold start to see the fire and flame of molten material being ejected. (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): The eruptions grew more and more spectacular as the light diminished. (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005):
(Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): This is myu favorite night shot of Mt. Tavurvur. (Rabaul, Papua New Guinea- Sept 2005): During the day this was our view from the beach below our bungalow. That's the volcano in the center.
   
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Description: Photos from our third visit to Papua New Guinea where we were teaching an HIV/AIDS curriculum training for school teachers,
Location: Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea