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Nyiragongo Volcano Expedition - May 17, 2012

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Photo: A tent belonging to the expedition team on the rim of the Nyirangongo volcano

Photograph by Carsten Peter, National Geographic

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A cooking tent belonging to expedition scientists glows in the twilight on the rim of the Nyiragongo volcano—one of the most active in the world—in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

See pictures from the April 2011 feature story "The Volcano Next Door."


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