Two simultaneously growing lava domes, the recently formed karan-1 dome to the SW (bottom left) of the Young Shiveluch lava dome (upper right) (image: Sentinel-2)
The extrusive eruption at the volcano continues.
Both Sentinel-1 (SAR) and Sentinel-2 (Short wave infrared composite, known as SWIR) from recent days confirm the new Karan-1 lava dome to be growing on the southwestern flank of the volcano. Simultaneously, the Young Shiveluch lava dome continues to grow within the pre-eruption extrusive Karan dome crater that was partially destroyed by the massive explosion on 11 April last year. It has been forming as the „dome in the dome area“.
Ongoing thermal anomalies are being identified in both dome areas, associated with magma intrusion under the ground, being erupted as lava on the surface.
Both lava dome growths appear to ooze out as erupted viscous lava, giving them a rugged, egg-like shape.
Visual and satellite observations confirm the new Karan-1 dome growth located on the southwestern flank of the volcano. This phenomenon is visible in the attached SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) visualization from the Sentinel-1 (bottom left) (image: Sentienl-1)