Volcan Parinacota is a potentially active stratovolcano located on the Altiplano, a high plateau in the Andes mountains.
Published Oct 17, 2011
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
Though there are no historical accounts, geologic evidence suggests an eruption about 3,100 years ago affected Pre-Columbian settlements in Mexico.
Published Nov 25, 2013
The topography of Popocatépetl exhibits the classic cone shape of a stratovolcano.
Published Dec 3, 2005
The dry climate around the world's second tallest volcano provides a good habitat for preserving archeological discoveries.
Published Feb 16, 2019
Desert, lava, and salt dominate the landscape around Ethiopia’s Lake Afrera.
Published Jul 27, 2014
Fresh volcanic ash and debris indicate the vigorous activity of Russia’s Kizimen Volcano.
Published Feb 5, 2013
The glacier-covered Redoubt Volcano is one of many that line Alaska’s southern shores. In late January 2009, the volcano started to rumble once again.
Published Feb 11, 2009
Dark volcanic debris contrasts sharply with white snow on one of Kamchatka’s most active volcanoes.
Published Oct 3, 2012
The cone-shaped summit is dissected by radial channels that appear like the spokes of a wheel.
Published Jan 20, 2014
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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