Three days after its surprise eruption on May 2, the Chaitén volcano of southern Chile was still pumping out dense clouds of ash. The plume extended over the Andes Mountains, across Argentina, and hundreds of kilometers over the Atlantic Ocean.
Published May 7, 2008
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
Explosive interactions between lava and snow mark the evolving eruption of Alaska’s Pavlof Volcano.
Published May 18, 2013
Chile’s Chaiten Volcano remained active in early 2009, releasing plumes of ash and steam.
Published Mar 11, 2009
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
A dense plume of ash and steam rises from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in this photo-like image from May 10, 2010.
Published May 10, 2010
An ash plume billows above one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes.
Published Feb 23, 2015
For the first time in more than a century, Nicaragua’s Momotombo Volcano awoke with an explosive eruption.
Published Dec 9, 2015
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
