Growth of the Holuhraun Lava Field

The Holuhraun lava field in Iceland continues to grow.

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Holuhraun Lava Could Still Be Toasty Underneath

Although the basaltic rock formed a hard crust, the flow is likely hot enough to prevent snow from building up on top.

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Volcanic Activity at Kilauea

Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.

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Fresh Lava Flows Surround Pu’u ‘O’o

Fresh lava flows radiate from Kilauea’s Pu’su ’O’o, crater, as the Volcano’s longstanding eruption continues.

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Flood Basalts on Mars and Iceland

A team of NASA scientists headed to Holuhraun because the volcano has geologic cousins on Mars.

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Kilauea’s Lava Pours Into the Pacific

Molten rock meets the sea in the latest episode in a long-lived eruption.

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El Malpais National Monument

In western New Mexico, the landscape’s long volcanic history can be explored above and below the ground.

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Lava Flow from Erta Ale Range, Ethiopia

In early November 2008, a volcano erupted in the Erta Ale Range in northeastern Ethiopia, producing a fresh lava flow.

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Fresh Lava on Kilauea, Hawaii

Infared satellite imagery shows how lava tubes carry molten basalt from Pu'u 'O'o to the coastal plain.

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All Quiet at Holuhraun

For now, the eruption at the Icelandic volcano has come to an end.

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Craters of the Moon National Monument

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The Shapes that Lavas Take, Part 2

Low-viscosity lava flows produce long, narrow shapes on the landscape.

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Harrat Khaybar Volcanic Field

The western half of the Arabian Peninsula contains not only large expanses of sand and gravel, but extensive lava fields known as haraat. One such field is the 14,000-square-kilometer Harrat Khaybar, located approximately 137 kilometers to the northeast of the city of Al Madinah (Medina). The volcanic field was formed by eruptions along a 100-kilometer, north-south vent system over the past 5 million years. The most recent recorded eruption took place between 600–700 AD.

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The Infrared Glow of Kilauea’s Lava Flows

This false-color image shows the infrared signal emitted by fresh lava flowing toward the sea.

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Carrizozo Lava Flow

In south-central New Mexico, a charcoal-brown scar undulates across the arid landscape.

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The Shapes that Lavas Take, Part 1

Viscous, slow-moving lava flows form circular mounds known as lava domes.

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Lava Consumes Vacationland and Kapoho Bay

Kilauea erupted enough lava to fill 45,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

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Haruj Volcanic Field

A jet black plateau in central Libya harks back to a time when lava flowed across the dry landscape.

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Lava Flows on the Kilauea’s Pali

The volcano continues to earn its reputation as Earth’s most active.

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Living on Lava

As Medina has grown during the past three decades, parts of the Saudi city are built atop relatively young lava flows.

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Fresh Lava Flows at Pu’u O’o

Satellite view of fresh lava flows from recent activity at Kilaue’s Pu’u O’o Crater.

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Kipuka, Craters of the Moon

This "kipuka" in Craters of the Moon National Monument is an area of undisturbed grassland surrounded by a lava flow.

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