An underwater volcano in the Canary Islands turned waters green as it injected a plume of gas and crushed rock across the sea surface in October 2011.
Published Oct 26, 2011
A volcano in the far South Atlantic appears to be erupting for the first time in 60 years.
Published May 10, 2016Image of the Day Heat Land Water Volcanoes Snow and Ice Remote Sensing
In the western Pacific Ocean, a new volcanic island that formed in the shadow of Nishino-shima has merged with it. The island has doubled in size as the eruption continues.
Published Apr 4, 2014
Nishinoshima has grown to twelve times its original size.
Published Nov 29, 2015
An undersea eruption at Lateiki Island in late October 2019 has brought new life to an older island in the Tonga chain.
Published Nov 26, 2019
The volcano is erupting for the first time in 60 years.
Published May 31, 2016
The eruption of an undersea volcano gave rise to new real estate between two islands in the kingdom of Tonga.
Published May 3, 2015
Nishinoshima spews a plume of ash and gas, part of an ongoing eruption that continues to increase the size of the small island.
Published Mar 5, 2015
A long history of eruptions from Taal volcano has helped shape the southern end of the Philippine island of Luzon.
Published Apr 9, 2015
This distant, lonely volcanic rock brings new meaning to the phrase “the middle of nowhere.”
Published Dec 19, 2015
Deception Island is one of the only places in the world where ships can sail directly into the center of an active volcano.
Published Jan 18, 2020
Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai is likely to persist for years, maybe decades.
Published Dec 11, 2017
Continuously active for more than 1,000 years, Stromboli Volcano emits a volcanic plume in January 2011.
Published Jan 22, 2011
Acquired on on May 5, 2009, this true-color image shows Marion Island in the Indian Ocean. Sparsely vegetated, this volcanic island has remnants of snow near its summit.
Published Oct 18, 2009
Volcanic activity may soon fuse a newly formed island to its neighbor Nishino-shima.
Published Dec 24, 2013
One of the largest volcanic eruptions in the past 10,000 years occurred in approximately 1620 BC on the volcanic island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea. This astronaut photograph illustrates the center of Santorini Volcano, located approximately 118 kilometers to the north of Crete.
Published Jun 30, 2008
Volcanoes have a lot of dramatic ways to announce their presence. One of the more subtle and rarely observed displays is the pumice raft.
Published Aug 23, 2019
Cheju Island is an oval-shaped volcanic landmass off the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula. The island’s dominant feature is Halla Mountain, a volcano that has been dormant since the early eleventh century.
Published Nov 16, 2008
Semisopochnoi is the “Island of the Seven Mountains, ” or more precisely in Russian: “having seven hills.” This uninhabited volcanic island is also an important nesting area for maritime birds of the North Pacific.
Published Dec 29, 2010
Satellites detected an eruption from a seamount near Tonga’s largest island.
Published Feb 2, 2017
A new island is forming in the Red Sea. Satellite imagery indicates an ongoing eruption in the Zubair Group of the coast of Yemen is largely above water.
Published Jan 9, 2012
The underwater volcano near the Canary Islands is growing ever closer to the water surface.
Published Feb 16, 2012
