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
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
Acquired September 5, 2010, this natural-color image shows dust blowing over southeastern Idaho.
Published Sep 10, 2010
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
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
The Arkenu Craters in northern Africa are one of only a few pairs of double impact structures identified on Earth.
Published Nov 10, 2008
The landscape is a recently formed set of basaltic lava flows that creates a foreboding landscape of sharp obsidian, cinder and spatter cones, twisted rivers of solidified rock, pit craters, and a network of caves from lava tubes.
Published Oct 16, 2005
The Holuhraun lava field in Iceland continues to grow.
Published Jan 8, 2015
Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.
Published Nov 4, 2010
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
