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Mt. Damavand, Iran
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Mt. Damavand, Iran

Located approximately 50 kilometers northeast of Tehran, Mt. Damavand is an impressive stratovolcano that reaches 5,670 meters (18,598 feet) in elevation. Part of the Alborz Mountain Range that borders the Caspian Sea to the north, Damavand is a young volcano that has formed mostly during the Holocene Epoch (over approximately the last 10,000 years). The western flank of the volcano includes solidified lava flows with flow levees—“walls” formed as the side edges of flowing lava cooled rapidly, forming a chute that channeled the hotter, interior lava. Two such flows with well-defined levees are highlighted by snow on the mountainside.

Published Feb 21, 2005

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Antarctica’s Tallest Volcano
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Antarctica’s Tallest Volcano

Mount Sidley reaches high above the ice sheet in the Marie Byrd Land region of Antarctica.

Published Feb 8, 2015

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Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador
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Cotopaxi Volcano, Ecuador

In August 2015, Cotopaxi volcano awoke with its first significant eruption in more than 70 years.

Published Sep 16, 2015

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Concepcion Volcano, Nicaragua
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Concepcion Volcano, Nicaragua

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

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Chaiten Volcano
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Chaiten Volcano

Published May 11, 2008

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Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Peninsula
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Pavlof Volcano, Alaska Peninsula

Alaska’s Pavlof volcano was erupting when the Aqua satellite passed over on November 14, 2014.

Published Nov 17, 2014

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Ash Plume at the Bulusan Volcano
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Ash Plume at the Bulusan Volcano

Published May 1, 2006

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Piton de la Fournaise Volcano
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Piton de la Fournaise Volcano

Published Apr 5, 2007

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Chaiten Volcano Erupts
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Chaiten Volcano Erupts

Published Jul 3, 2008

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Colima Volcano Erupts in Mexico
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Colima Volcano Erupts in Mexico

Published Feb 7, 2002

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