Island Volcano - stock photo

An aerial view from a Garuda Indonesia flight from Jayapura to Jakarta via Bali. This photo shows Batu Tara stratovolcano in 2008, a volcano located on the small isolated Komba island in the Flores Sea in Indonesia. Vegetations covers the flanks of Batu Tara. Until 2006, the only confirmed historical eruption from Batu Tara were during 1847-52, which produced explosions with volcanic bombs and a lava flow. On July 1st, 2006, Batu Tara was observed erupting again. An ash plume rose to 2 km. Since then, it has been erupting frequently. Most eruptions were strombolian or vulcanian type, with explosions producing ash plumes of 1-2 km. Batu Tara island is the top of a larger stratovolcano, its base reaching 3000 meters below sea level. It has a large central summit crater of 900 x 700 meters diameter open to the east. The scar on its eastern side is a flank collapse feature.