This detailed astronaut photograph shows the summit crater of Mexico’s Popocatepetl Volcano on February 7, 2009.
Published Mar 23, 2009
Eruptions at glacier-mantled Nevado del Ruiz Volcano in Colombia have been accompanied by deadly mudflows.
Published May 3, 2010
The topography of Popocatépetl exhibits the classic cone shape of a stratovolcano.
Published Dec 3, 2005
The snowy peaks of the three Peruvian volcanoes provide a stark contrast to the surrounding desert of the Puna Plateau in this astronaut photo from July 15, 2010.
Published Jul 26, 2010
This astronaut photograph from October 16, 2009, shows Arequipa—Peru’ “White City”on the flanks of the towering El Misti Volcano.
Published Nov 2, 2009
Shiveluch is one of the biggest and most active of a line of volcanoes that follow the spine of the Kamchatka Peninsula in easternmost Russia. The volcanoes and peninsula are part of the tectonically active “Ring of Fire,” a zone of active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes that nearly surrounds the Pacific Ocean.
Published Sep 3, 2007
