The Holuhraun lava field in Iceland continues to grow.
Published Jan 8, 2015
Although the basaltic rock formed a hard crust, the flow is likely hot enough to prevent snow from building up on top.
Published Nov 9, 2016
Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.
Published Nov 4, 2010
Fresh lava flows radiate from Kilauea’s Pu’su ’O’o, crater, as the Volcano’s longstanding eruption continues.
Published Nov 13, 2011
A team of NASA scientists headed to Holuhraun because the volcano has geologic cousins on Mars.
Published Oct 9, 2018
Molten rock meets the sea in the latest episode in a long-lived eruption.
Published Nov 20, 2016
In western New Mexico, the landscape’s long volcanic history can be explored above and below the ground.
Published Feb 21, 2016
In early November 2008, a volcano erupted in the Erta Ale Range in northeastern Ethiopia, producing a fresh lava flow.
Published Nov 19, 2008
Infared satellite imagery shows how lava tubes carry molten basalt from Pu'u 'O'o to the coastal plain.
Published Oct 23, 2012
For now, the eruption at the Icelandic volcano has come to an end.
Published Apr 10, 2015
Low-viscosity lava flows produce long, narrow shapes on the landscape.
Published Nov 22, 2013
The western half of the Arabian Peninsula contains not only large expanses of sand and gravel, but extensive lava fields known as haraat. One such field is the 14,000-square-kilometer Harrat Khaybar, located approximately 137 kilometers to the northeast of the city of Al Madinah (Medina). The volcanic field was formed by eruptions along a 100-kilometer, north-south vent system over the past 5 million years. The most recent recorded eruption took place between 600–700 AD.
Published Apr 14, 2008
This false-color image shows the infrared signal emitted by fresh lava flowing toward the sea.
Published May 26, 2018
In south-central New Mexico, a charcoal-brown scar undulates across the arid landscape.
Published Jul 26, 2009
Viscous, slow-moving lava flows form circular mounds known as lava domes.
Published Nov 21, 2013
Kilauea erupted enough lava to fill 45,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
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A jet black plateau in central Libya harks back to a time when lava flowed across the dry landscape.
Published Apr 28, 2016
The volcano continues to earn its reputation as Earth’s most active.
Published Jun 13, 2012
As Medina has grown during the past three decades, parts of the Saudi city are built atop relatively young lava flows.
Published Feb 25, 2019
Satellite view of fresh lava flows from recent activity at Kilaue’s Pu’u O’o Crater.
Published Sep 9, 2011
This "kipuka" in Craters of the Moon National Monument is an area of undisturbed grassland surrounded by a lava flow.
Published Oct 14, 2009
