GORISK and GVO team members in Goma

Members of the GORISK and Goma Volcanological Observatory (GVO) team in Goma following the eruption of the Nyamuragira volcano on 2 January 2010 in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Following the eruption, they have been using a large series of space-based images from ESA’s Envisat satellite, together with seismic and helicopter data, to monitor the situation and calm fears of the local population.

From left to right: Montfort Bagalwa (Goma Volcanological Observatory), Dario Tedesco (Second University of Naples, Italy), François Kervyn (Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium), Christelle Wauthier (Royal Museum for Central Africa and the University of Liege, Belgium), Benoit Smets (Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium), Deogratias Kavotha (Goma Volcanological Observatory), François Lukaya (Goma Volcanological Observatory), Etoy Osodundu (Goma Volcanological Observatory) and Nicolas d'Oreye (National Museum of Natural History, Luxembourg).