Information on the James Clark Ross can be found at: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/Living_and_Working/Transport/Ships/RRS_James_Clark_Ross.html
After working on the James Clark Ross for 4 weeks, we were let off on Reunion Island.
Just in time to see one of the world's most active volcanoes.
This radar image shows the volcanic island of Reunion, about 700 km (434 miles) east of Madagascar in the
southwest Indian Ocean. The southern half of the island is dominated by the active volcano, Piton de la Fournaise.
This is one of the world's most active volcanoes, with more than 100 eruptions in the last 300 years. The most recent
activity occurred in the vicinity of Dolomieu Crater, shown in the lower center of the image within a
horseshoe-shaped collapse zone. Recent lava flows appear in shades of red, purple and orange. Light green areas
are heavily vegetated forest, while much of the purple area near the coast is farmland. The radar illumination is from
the left side of the image and dramatically emphasizes the precipitous cliffs at the edges of the central canyons of the
island. These canyons are remnants from the collapse of formerly active parts of the volcanoes that built the island.