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
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
Satellite views show exposed lava and hot spots in Congo.
Published Jan 5, 2012
In late November 2006, Nyamuragira Volcano in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted, and local scientists feared the lava flows would impact nearby towns. Between the volcano’s activity and the armed civil and interstate conflict that has plagued the region for nearly a decade, however, personal inspection of the location and extent of the lava flows was nearly impossible.
Published Dec 12, 2007
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
In early November 2008, a volcano erupted in the Erta Ale Range in northeastern Ethiopia, producing a fresh lava flow.
Published Nov 19, 2008
