Only small, isolated hot spots remain detectable on the Russian volcano.
Land Volcanoes
Fresh lava flows are difficult to distinguish from the barren rock of Tolbachinsky Dol, a volcanic plateau.
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
Tolbachik Volcano is not a single peak, but a complex of volcanic features superimposed on one another.
New features on the volcano suggest lava is reaching the surface at a new location.
Acquired March 6, 2013, this image shows a fresh lava flow on the surface of Tolbachik Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Infrared light reveals details of the evolving lava flows on Russia’s Tolbachik Volcano.
NASA’s Terra satellite captured four volcanoes erupting simultaneously, only 180 kilometers (110 miles) apart.
After more than a month of eruption, lava continues to flow from Tolbachik Volcano.
Volcanoes
Acquired December 1, 2012, these images provide natural- and false-color views of restless Tolbachik Volcano.
Image of the Day Heat Land Volcanoes
Acquired November 26 and 29, 2012, these images compare conditions on Tolbachik Volcano, which rumbled to life in late November 2012.
Image of the Day Atmosphere Land Volcanoes