This lava field includes at least 60 flows ranging from 15,000 to 2,100 years old.
Published Oct 13, 2009
This "kipuka" in Craters of the Moon National Monument is an area of undisturbed grassland surrounded by a lava flow.
Published Oct 14, 2009
In western New Mexico, the landscape’s long volcanic history can be explored above and below the ground.
Published Feb 21, 2016
The otherworldly footprint of black basaltic lava creates a striking landscape at Black Point Lava Flow in northern Arizona, seen in this photograph taken from the International Space Station.
Published Sep 7, 2009
Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.
Published Nov 4, 2010
The Holuhraun lava field in Iceland continues to grow.
Published Jan 8, 2015
A team of NASA scientists headed to Holuhraun because the volcano has geologic cousins on Mars.
Published Oct 9, 2018
In early November 2008, a volcano erupted in the Erta Ale Range in northeastern Ethiopia, producing a fresh lava flow.
Published Nov 19, 2008
The Hell’s Half Acre Lava Field is the youngest and easternmost lava flow associated with the Snake River Plain basalts.
Published Nov 17, 2008
In south-central New Mexico, a charcoal-brown scar undulates across the arid landscape.
Published Jul 26, 2009
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
Though its name might suggest something formed by the meandering of an ancient river, the Snake River Plain of southern Idaho had a far more violent birth. Scars from its relatively recent geologic origin are printed on its surface.
Published Oct 11, 2008
Low-viscosity lava flows produce long, narrow shapes on the landscape.
Published Nov 22, 2013
A jet black plateau in central Libya harks back to a time when lava flowed across the dry landscape.
Published Apr 28, 2016
Fresh lava flows radiate from Kilauea’s Pu’su ’O’o, crater, as the Volcano’s longstanding eruption continues.
Published Nov 13, 2011
Molten rock meets the sea in the latest episode in a long-lived eruption.
Published Nov 20, 2016
The Arkenu Craters in northern Africa are one of only a few pairs of double impact structures identified on Earth.
Published Nov 10, 2008
