This distant, lonely volcanic rock brings new meaning to the phrase “the middle of nowhere.”
Image of the Day Land Remote Sensing
A long history of eruptions from Taal volcano has helped shape the southern end of the Philippine island of Luzon.
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For the first time since 1980, a volcanic eruption rocked Kuchinoerabu island in southern Japan.
Atmosphere Dust and Haze
New land emerged in the South Pacific after the dramatic eruption of an undersea volcano.
Image of the Day Land Water Volcanoes Remote Sensing
Ash from Sangeang Api spreads over Sumbawa and the Flores Sea.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
Volcanoes
An ash plume billows above one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes.
Heat Land Volcanoes
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A dark plume of ash extends more than 500 kilometers east of Japan’s Shinmoe-dake volcano in this image from February 3, 2011.
A volcano in the far South Atlantic appears to be erupting for the first time in 60 years.
Image of the Day Heat Land Water Volcanoes Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
A NASA satellite captured this image of an eruption at Japan’s Sakurajima Volcano on February 15, 2010.
Land Volcanoes
The volcano is erupting for the first time in 60 years.
Volcanoes Remote Sensing
Deception Island is one of the only places in the world where ships can sail directly into the center of an active volcano.
Image of the Day Snow and Ice
Continuously active for more than 1,000 years, Stromboli Volcano emits a volcanic plume in January 2011.
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes