Viscous, slow-moving lava flows form circular mounds known as lava domes.
Published Nov 21, 2013
Fresh lava flows radiate from Kilauea’s Pu’su ’O’o, crater, as the Volcano’s longstanding eruption continues.
Published Nov 13, 2011
Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.
Published Nov 4, 2010
In south-central New Mexico, a charcoal-brown scar undulates across the arid landscape.
Published Jul 26, 2009
Volcanic Activity in Kilauea’s East Rift Zone is concentrated in the Kahauale’a 2 lava flow.
Published Sep 9, 2013
Satellite view of fresh lava flows from recent activity at Kilaue’s Pu’u O’o Crater.
Published Sep 9, 2011
In early November 2008, a volcano erupted in the Erta Ale Range in northeastern Ethiopia, producing a fresh lava flow.
Published Nov 19, 2008
Molten rock meets the sea in the latest episode in a long-lived eruption.
Published Nov 20, 2016
On months-long Mars analog missions in Hawaii, donning mock space suits to explore lava flows and other geological formations is often a high point.
Published Aug 29, 2018
Two active lave flows: the Kahaulae’a 2 flow and the Peace Day flow, extend north and south from Kilauea’s Pu’u O’o.
Published Jul 9, 2013
Kilauea erupted enough lava to fill 45,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
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After advancing through forest for months, the June 27th lava has started to damage residential properties in Pahoa.
Published Oct 28, 2014
Although the basaltic rock formed a hard crust, the flow is likely hot enough to prevent snow from building up on top.
Published Nov 9, 2016
Pu'u 'O'o and the Thanksgiving Eve Breakout vent on Kilauea--two centers of volcanic activity--emit steam and other gases in this satellite image.
Published Nov 5, 2009
For several months, residents of the Hawaiian town of Pahoa have been watching the June 27 lava flow warily.
Published Mar 8, 2015
The Holuhraun lava field in Iceland continues to grow.
Published Jan 8, 2015
In western New Mexico, the landscape’s long volcanic history can be explored above and below the ground.
Published Feb 21, 2016
The most recent flow is pushing northeast into ohia lehua forests in Hawaii’s interior.
Published Apr 11, 2014
A team of NASA scientists headed to Holuhraun because the volcano has geologic cousins on Mars.
Published Oct 9, 2018
The Nicaraguan volcano erupted for the first time in more than a century.
Published Mar 5, 2016
In central Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sit two volcanoes: Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira. Besides their proximity to Lake Kivu in the south, these volcanoes share the capacity for destruction, each having produced its share of catastrophic eruptions since the early twentieth century. Yet these volcanoes differ markedly from each other, one being a low-profiled structure rising subtly from the plain, and the other sporting steep slopes.
Published Dec 10, 2007
