The dry climate around the world's second tallest volcano provides a good habitat for preserving archeological discoveries.
Published Feb 16, 2019
Activity continued at Volcán Copahue—a stratovolcano in the Andes that straddles the border of Chile and Argentina.
Published Jan 20, 2016
Villarrica volcano resumes activity for the second time in a month.
Published Mar 19, 2015
A bout of activity sent fresh ash and volcanic gases streaming from the volcano in November 2016.
Published Nov 22, 2016
A NASA satellite captured this image of an eruption at Japan’s Sakurajima Volcano on February 15, 2010.
Published Feb 17, 2010
Acquired February 11, 2010, this true-color image shows water discoloration immediately west of the underwater summit of Fukutoku-Okanoba. Clouds overhead might result from vapor emissions, but might be unrelated to volcanic activity.
Published Feb 11, 2010
The topography of Popocatépetl exhibits the classic cone shape of a stratovolcano.
Published Dec 3, 2005
The glacier-covered Redoubt Volcano is one of many that line Alaska’s southern shores. In late January 2009, the volcano started to rumble once again.
Published Feb 11, 2009
In August 2015, Cotopaxi volcano awoke with its first significant eruption in more than 70 years.
Published Sep 16, 2015
Concepción Volcano is one of the tallest and most active of Nicaragua’s volcanoes. The 1,610-meter (5,280-foot), cone-shaped volcano is the northern half of dumbbell-shaped Isla de Ometepe. To the northwest of the crater, a very faint plume (probably steam) creeps like fog down the mountain, blurring the sharp gullies that carve the volcano’s flanks.
Published May 29, 2007
