Erta Ale volcano (Ethiopia): summit lava lake is refilling

There are signs that the volcano’s famous lava lake is increasing again. The lake is contained in the main (southern) pit crater inside the summit caldera of the vast shield volcano, located in one of the most remote places of the Danakil depression in the Afar triangle. Recent satellite imagery shows a significant hot spot from the crater, due to the presence of lava accumulating there as the…