Sangeang Api, an island volcano just of the coast of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, began a series of large eruptions on May 30, 2014. Landsat 8 collected this true-color image of an ash plume rising from the volcano on June 1, 2014.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Robert Simmon, using Landsat 8 data from the USGS Earth Explorer.
An intense explosion at Sakura-jima lofted ash over the Japanese island of Kyushu.
The most active volcano in the Galapagos Islands began a fresh eruption on May 13, 2005. The eruption sent ash 7 kilometers into the atmosphere.
A young volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean has been going through some growing pains.