For the first time in more than a century, Nicaragua’s Momotombo Volcano awoke with an explosive eruption.
Published Dec 9, 2015
This pair of satellite images was among the first detailed pictures of the erupting vent and lava flows.
Published Jun 28, 2011
Frequent ash plumes characterize the 2014 eruption of the Peruvian volcano.
Published May 16, 2014
This detailed image from June 29, 2011, provides a nearly unimpeded view of lava flows at the erupting Nabro volcano in Eritrea.
Published Jul 1, 2011
Increased activity at Eyjafjallajökull Volcano caused a new wave of flight cancellations in Ireland and Great Britain in early May 2010.
Published May 5, 2010
The volcano spewed fresh ash and lava in mid-February 2015.
Published Feb 19, 2015
Bezymianny Volcano erupted vigorously on the morning of April 14, 2011, leaving lahars and pyroclastic flows behind.
Published Apr 28, 2011
A cycle of lava dome growth and collapse is feeding pyrolcastic flows and ash plumes at the Indonesian volcano.
Published Jan 29, 2014
Explosive interactions between lava and snow mark the evolving eruption of Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano.
Published May 18, 2013
An ash plume billows above one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes.
Published Feb 23, 2015
Satellite data suggests that fresh lava continues to be emitted at the Puyehue Corón-Caulle Volcanic Complex.
Published Oct 11, 2011
The eruption of San Miguel left the volcano’s summit coated in a veneer of ash.
Published Jan 25, 2014
An intense eruption in Indonesia has covered the surrounding landscape in ash.
Published Jan 19, 2014
Satellite images captured the ongoing, low-level eruption of one of the Alaskan Peninsula’s largest volcanoes.
Published Aug 3, 2013
A large eruption from Showa Crater sent ash 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) above Kagoshima Bay, Kyushu, Japan.
Published Aug 27, 2013
In early September 2007, Tanzania&#rsquo;s Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano erupted, sending a cloud of ash into the atmosphere. The volcanic plume appears pale blue-gray, distinct near the summit, and growing more diffuse to the south. The charcoal-colored stains on the volcano’s flanks appear to be lava, but they are actually burn scars left behind by fires that were spawned by fast-flowing, narrow rivers of lava ejected by the volcano.
Published Sep 19, 2007
