A puff of ash above Indonesia’s tiny Batu Tara is an example of the frequent, mild eruptions that have occurred at the volcanic island since mid-2006.
Land Volcanoes
Remote Barren Island Volcano emits a small plume of ash on September 25, 2010.
Volcanoes
Satellites show the effects of the ongoing eruption at Papua New Guinea’s most active volcano.
The latest eruption of Piton de la Fournaise Volcano began on October 14, 2010.
Satellite view of an ash plume and pyroclastic flow on Sakurajima Volcano.
Acquired June 10, 2010, this natural-color image shows a small, white plume blowing westward from the summit of Ulawun Volcano.
Although most of Krakatau disappeared in the gigantic eruption of 1883, the volcano lives on in the frequent eruptions of Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau).
This true-color image from July 7, 2009, shows Anak Krakatau releasing a small plume of steam that blows toward the southwest.
New features on the volcano suggest lava is reaching the surface at a new location.
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