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Payún Volcanic Field
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Payún Volcanic Field

Part of the back-arc volcanism of the Andes, this complex landscape formed over 300,000 years.

Published Dec 30, 2012

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El Hierro Still Churning the Sea
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El Hierro Still Churning the Sea

The submarine eruption at El Hierro is turning the waters around the island into a jacuzzi-like mineral bath.

Published Nov 8, 2011

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Living on Lava
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Living on Lava

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

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SP Crater, Northern Arizona
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SP Crater, Northern Arizona

Acquired April 17, 2010, this natural-color image shows SP Crater and its associated lava flow in the San Francisco Volcanic Field of northern Arizona.

Published Feb 27, 2011

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Volcanic Activity at Krakatau
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Volcanic Activity at Krakatau

This true-color image from July 7, 2009, shows Anak Krakatau releasing a small plume of steam that blows toward the southwest.

Published Jul 14, 2009

Land Volcanoes

Mount Batu Tara
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Mount Batu Tara

Published Apr 5, 2007

Volcanoes

Plume from Batu Tara
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Plume from Batu Tara

This true-color image shows the diminutive island of Batu Tara sending a plume of ash and/or steam curving toward the northwest.

Published Apr 30, 2009

Atmosphere Land Volcanoes

El Hierro Submarine Eruption
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El Hierro Submarine Eruption

An underwater volcano in the Canary Islands turned waters green as it injected a plume of gas and crushed rock across the sea surface in October 2011.

Published Oct 26, 2011

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Volcanic Island in the Pacific Turns Two
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Volcanic Island in the Pacific Turns Two

Nishinoshima has grown to twelve times its original size.

Published Nov 29, 2015

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Island of Ischia, Italy
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Island of Ischia, Italy

he island of Ischia is approximately 30 kilometers southwest of Naples, Italy, in the western Bay of Naples (part of the Tyrrenhian Sea). While the island’s rocks are volcanic in origin, much of the island’s geology and current topography is characterized by blocks of uplifted rock and sunken areas between weak spots or cracks in Earth’s crust.

Published Sep 15, 2008

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Volcanic Landscapes, Central Andes
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Volcanic Landscapes, Central Andes

The landscape in the central Andes Mountains, near the border between Chile and Argentina, is dominated by volcanoes and associated landforms.

Published Sep 6, 2010

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