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Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

People who fled the gas disaster area around lake Nyos are cured at Wum catholic mission on August 29, 1986 after the explosion of the volcanic lake...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Geologist Aka Festus Tongwa and his former Professor of geophysics from Okayama University, Professor Minoru Kusakabe, make notes on the rock samples...

Scientists Study Lake Nyos

Cattle lie bloated but still intact in the village of Nyos in Cameroon on August 31, 1986 after the explosion of the volcanic lake Nyos killing about...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Members of a French scientific team analyze gas and acid content on August 30, 1986 of the volcanic lake Nyos in Cameroon which exploded on August...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

People who fled the gas disaster area around lake Nyos are gathered at Wum catholic mission on August 29, 1986 after the explosion of the volcanic...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Children who fled the gas disaster area around lake Nyos are cured at Wum catholic mission on August 29, 1986 after the explosion of the volcanic...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Multinational group of researchers set up carbon dioxide monitoring equipment in Lake Nyoc. This equipment would set off an alarm if carbon dioxide...

Researchers Position Monitoring Equipment

Sisters at the Catholic Mission of Wum distibutes food to people who fled the gas disaster area around lake Nyos on August 29, 1986 after the...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

People who fled the gas disaster area around lake Nyos are gathered at Wum catholic mission on August 29, 1986 after the explosion of the volcanic...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Survivors are being treated in a country hospital near the site of the lake Nyos on August 28, 1986 after the explosion of the volcanic lake Nyos in...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

General Tatow of Cameroon points to the dead body of a cow on August 28, 1986 after the explosion of the volcanic lake Nyos in Cameroon killing about...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Body lies on the ground on August 31, 1986 after the explosion of the volcanic lake Nyos in Cameroon killing about 2000 people.

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Leading French volcanologist Haroun Tazieff visits Cameroon's Lake Nyos following its deadly release of toxic gas. In August of 1986, Lake Nyos,...

Haroun Tazieff investigating gas eruption from lake Nyos

Leading French volcanologist Haroun Tazieff visits Cameroon's Lake Nyos following its deadly release of toxic gas. In August of 1986, Lake Nyos,...

Haroun Tazieff investigating gas eruption from lake Nyos

People who fled the gas disaster area around lake Nyos sit on a pieces of wood at Wum catholic mission on August 29, 1986 after the explosion of the...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

President of Cameroon Paul Biya and his wife Jeanne-Irene attend a memorial mass for the victims of the lake Nyos gas disaster at the Cathedral of...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

People line up to enter the Cathedral of Notre Dame to attend memorial services for the victims of the lake Nyos gas disaster in Yaounde on August...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

French volcanologist Haroun Tazieff steps out of a Cameroon Air Force helicopter in Bamenda on August 29, 1986 after investigating the cause of the...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

French volcanologist Haroun Tazieff speaks with a member of the Red Cross in Bamenda on August 29, 1986 after investigating the cause of the gas...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

People wait outside the Cathedral of Notre Dame to attend memorial services for the victims of the lake Nyos gas disaster in Yaounde on August 30,...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

Aerial view taken on August 27, 1986 of Lake Nyos in Cameroon which exploded on August 21 killing and displacing thousands of inhabitants. Though gas...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

In 1986, carbon dioxide gas asphyxiated 2000 people when it was released from Lake Nyos in a dense cloud. The degassing fountain in the middle of the...

View of Lake Nyos

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

After 1,746 villagers died in a volcanic disaster at Lake Nyos, Israel flew relief supplies to nearby Bamenda.

Coffins Brought to Disaster Site

Herd of dead cattle is seen in a forest clearing near Wum, Cameroon, following the release of toxic gas from Lake Nyos. In August of 1986, the lake,...

Cattle Killed by Gas Eruption from Lake Nyos

Lime covers a mass grave for villagers killed by the release of toxic gas from Cameroon's Lake Nyos. In August of 1986, the lake, which is located in...

Grave of Villagers Killed by Gas Eruption from Lake Nyos

Haroun Tazieff in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

Notables and spiritual leaders from Ndjindoun village speak to their ancestral spirits, believed to reside under the waters of Lake Monoun. The...

Conferring With Ancestors

Itinerant carpenter Barthelemy Formal fashions axes from wood to sell to local farmers. He is one of many who are drifting back to the danger area...

Itinerant Carpenter Makes a Wooden Axe

Les soldats rapatrient les cercueil des personnes tuées par des émanations de gaz toxiques dûes au volcanisme après la catastrophe du lac de Nyos, au...

People who fled the gas disaster area around lake Nyos are gathered at Wum catholic mission on August 29, 1986 after the explosion of the volcanic...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Cameroon army soldiers unload international aid at Bamenda airport on August 29, 1986 for victims and displaced people affected by the volcanic gas...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

People enter into the Cathedral of Notre Dame to attend memorial services for the victims of the lake Nyos gas disaster in Yaounde on August 30, 1986...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

People who fled the gas disaster area around lake Nyos sit on a pieces of wood at Wum catholic mission on August 29, 1986 after the explosion of the...

CAMEROON-VOLCANO-LAKE NYOS-LIMNIC ERUPTION

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon on August 01st, 1986.

Desolation around lake Nyos in Cameroon in August , 1986.

On August 21 volcanic activity under Lake Nyos produced a cloud of carbon dioxide that asphyxiated 1,746 villagers and many animals.

Man with His Dead Cattle After Volcanic Disaster

Survivors fled the Lake Nyos area on August 21 after volcanic activity released poisonous gases that killed 1,746 villagers.

Survivor of Lake Nyos Disaster

After 1,746 villagers died in a volcanic disaster at Lake Nyos, victims and survivors were brought to a relief hospital at nearby Wum.

Survivor of Lake Nyos Disaster

After 1,746 villagers died in a volcanic disaster at Lake Nyos, victims and survivors were brought to a relief hospital at nearby Wum.

Victim of Lake Nyos Disaster

After 1,746 villagers died in a volcanic disaster at Lake Nyos, victims and survivors were brought to a relief hospital at nearby Wum.

Survivor of Lake Nyos Disaster

After 1,746 villagers died in a volcanic disaster at Lake Nyos, Israel flew relief supplies to nearby Bamenda.

Supplies Brought to Disaster Site

After 1,746 villagers died in a volcanic disaster at Lake Nyos, Israel flew relief supplies to nearby Bamenda.

Supplies Brought to Disaster Site

After 1,746 villagers died in a volcanic disaster at Lake Nyos, Israel flew relief supplies to nearby Bamenda.

Supplies Brought to Disaster Site

On August 21 volcanic activity under Lake Nyos produced a cloud of carbon dioxide that asphyxiated 1,746 villagers and many animals.

Man with His Dead Cattle After Volcanic Disaster

On August 21 volcanic activity under Lake Nyos produced a cloud of carbon dioxide that asphyxiated 1,746 villagers.

Lake Nyos After Disaster

On August 21 volcanic activity under Lake Nyos produced a cloud of carbon dioxide that asphyxiated 1,746 villagers.

Lake Nyos After Disaster

On August 21 volcanic activity under Lake Nyos produced a cloud of carbon dioxide that asphyxiated 1,746 villagers.

Lake Nyos After Disaster

Poisonous volcanic gases rose from Lake Nios in 1986, killing thousands of people and animals. This villager stands with his dead cattle behind him....

Man with his Dead Cattle after Volcanic Disaster

On August 21 volcanic activity under Lake Nios produced a cloud of carbon dioxide that asphyxiated 1,746 villagers and many animals.

Man with His Dead Cattle After Volcanic Disaster

Halima Suley and her daughter Nafih have resettled on high ground above Lake Nyos after the 1986 disaster which killed four of Halima's children.

Survivors of Lake Nyos Disaster

Fishermen transport their notables and spiritual leaders from Ndjindoun village out onto Lake Monoun to make offerings and speak to their ancestral...

Conferring with the Ancestors

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