Conceptual interior

Inside Mayon: an inference, not an X-ray.

The transparent forms in the model help explain a volcanic plumbing system. They are labelled as inferred because the subsurface cannot be directly viewed this way.

What we know

Petrology and other observations constrain processes and storage conditions.

How we know

Scientists combine samples, monitoring, mapping, and physical interpretation.

Confidence

Model forms show an explanatory hypothesis, not directly imaged chamber walls.