Fresh debris avalanches and a growing lava dome on Mount Shiveluch illustrate some of the processes that build stratovolcanoes.
Land Volcanoes
Slow growth of a lava dome characterizes the current eruption of Shiveluch Volcano, on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula.
An ash-rich volcanic plume rises above the snowy slopes of Shiveluch Volcano.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
Fresh lava flows are difficult to distinguish from the barren rock of Tolbachinsky Dol, a volcanic plateau.
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
Dark volcanic debris mars the otherwise pristine lower flanks of Shiveluch Volcano, about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Shiveluch’s growing lava dome.
Volcanoes
This thermal infrared image reveals a hot avalanche of volcanic debris sliding down the southern slope of Russia’s Shiveluch volcano on January 25, 2011.
NASA’s Terra satellite captured four volcanoes erupting simultaneously, only 180 kilometers (110 miles) apart.
Acquired March 6, 2013, this image shows a fresh lava flow on the surface of Tolbachik Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Evidence of four types of volcanic activity at Mexico’s Colima Volcano.
After more than a month of eruption, lava continues to flow from Tolbachik Volcano.
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