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Onekotan Island, Kuril Islands, Russian Federation
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Onekotan Island, Kuril Islands, Russian Federation

Snow cover highlights the calderas and volcanic cones that form the northern and southern ends of Onekotan Island, part of the Kuril Island arc.

Published Jan 24, 2011

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Aeolian Islands
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Aeolian Islands

The Aeolian Islands formed from a chain of volcanoes in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of the island of Sicily. Geologists and volcanologists have studied the islands since the eighteenth century, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared them a World Heritage Site in 2000 because of their value to the study of volcanic processes.

Published Sep 1, 2008

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When Two Become One
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When Two Become One

Volcanic activity may soon fuse a newly formed island to its neighbor Nishino-shima.

Published Dec 24, 2013

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New Island Made of Tuff Stuff
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New Island Made of Tuff Stuff

Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is likely to persist for years, maybe decades.

Published Dec 11, 2017

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Southern Paramushir Island, Kuril Chain, Russia
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Southern Paramushir Island, Kuril Chain, Russia

This astronaut photograph shows the southern end of Paramushir Island after a snowfall. Four volcanic centers are brightly lit on their western slopes and deeply shadowed to the east.

Published Jul 12, 2010

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Chikurachki Volcano
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Chikurachki Volcano

Published Mar 4, 2002

Volcanoes

Closeup of Anak Krakatau
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Closeup of Anak Krakatau

Published Nov 23, 2004

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Plume from Sarychev Peak, Kuril Islands
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Plume from Sarychev Peak, Kuril Islands

Acquired June 11,2010, this natural-color image shows apparent steam filling the caldera of Sarychev Peak.

Published Jun 11, 2010

Land Volcanoes

Simushir Island, Kuril Archipelago
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Simushir Island, Kuril Archipelago

Simushir is a deserted, 5-mile-wide volcanic island in the Kuril Islands chain, half way between northern Japan and the Kamchatka Peninsula of Russia. Four volcanoes—Milne, Prevo, Urataman, and Zavaritski—have built cones tall enough to rise above the green forest. The remaining remnant of Zavaritski Volcano is a caldera, formed when a volcano collapses into its emptied magma chamber.

Published Sep 17, 2007

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Ice Floes off the Northeastern Tip of Urup Island, Russia
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Ice Floes off the Northeastern Tip of Urup Island, Russia

Off the tip of Urup Island, the difference between sea ice and island can be hard to identify.

Published Apr 19, 2010

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Herbert Island
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Herbert Island

One of Alaska’s Islands of the Four Mountains, this classic stratovolcano stands quietly next to a more active neighbor.

Published Nov 23, 2014

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The Island Shaped like a Horseshoe
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The Island Shaped like a Horseshoe

Deception Island is one of the only places in the world where ships can sail directly into the center of an active volcano.

Published Jan 18, 2020

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Eruption of Sarychev Peak, Kuril Islands
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Eruption of Sarychev Peak, Kuril Islands

A pair of before-and-after images shows how the June 2009 eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano transformed Matua Island.

Published Jul 5, 2009

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Santorini Volcano, Greece
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Santorini Volcano, Greece

One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past 10,000 years occurred in approximately 1620 BC on the volcanic island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea. This astronaut photograph illustrates the center of Santorini Volcano, located approximately 118 kilometers to the north of Crete.

Published Jun 30, 2008

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