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Bouganville Island #

Bouganville Island
Photo courtesy of NASA., under PD
Although Bouganville Island is geographically part of the Solomon Islands chain, politically, the island is part of Papua New Guinea. Bouganville is typical of many Pacific Rim islands in that volcanism has played a large part in both its geological and recorded history.

The island hosts three large volcanoes along its northwest-southeast trending axis: Mount Balbi, Mount Bagana, and the Mount Takuan volcanic complex. Mount Bagana, located near image center in this astronaut photograph, is the only historically active volcano on the island.

Within Bouganvilles lush landscape, light green vegetation and brown lava flows mark the 1,750-meter-high lava cone of Mount Bagana. The lighter color of vegetation could result from volcanic activity, higher altitude, or both. The eruptive style of the volcano is typically non-explosive, producing thick lobes of lava that run down the flanks and maintain a dome in the summit crater.

Occasional pyroclastic flows of rock fragments and volcanic ash have also occurred. This image shows a diffuse white vapor plume extending west-southwest from the summit.