Detail of volcanic rocks breccia Kerid Crater Iceland
by Marianne Campolongo
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Detail of volcanic rocks breccia Kerid Crater Iceland
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Marianne Campolongo
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Photograph - Fine Art Photograph
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Detail of breccia (volcanic rocks) along the rim of Kerid, a 3,000-year-old volcanic crater lake in the Grimsnes area of Iceland, along the route known as the Golden Circle in the Western Volcanic Zone. It is generally believed that Kerid was formed when a volcano erupted and emptied its magma reserve, causing the weight of the cone to collapse into the empty magma chamber. This type of cauldron-shaped crater is called a caldera.
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April 29th, 2013
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