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Homes partially buried by tephra, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland. 1973.

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1973-07-23

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Album caption and index card: View north across homes partially buried by tephra in the eastern part of Vestmannaeyjar. The lava flow looms in the background. Gases that are moving through the tephra rise from the house on the right. The houses will eventually be exhumed and restored. Heimaey, Iceland volcanic eruption of 1973. Iceland. July 23, 1973. Published on page 8 in U.S. Geological Survey Government Information Product (gip), "Man against volcano: The eruption on Heimaey, Vestmann Islands, Iceland" 1977.

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Available in the U.S. Geological Survey Denver Library Photographic Collection, U.S. Geological Survey album, photograph numbers 361-424a.

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