Acquired May 22, 2002, this natural-color image shows Valles Caldera in New Mexico.
Published May 22, 2011
Among the world’s largest tuff cones, the two Menan Buttes rise above the Snake River Plain in this photo-like image taken on September 25, 2010.
Published Dec 31, 2010
The park includes Earth’s largest volcano, Mauna Loa.
Published Aug 3, 2016
The landscapes of this national park are dominated by a tough, grainy rock that formed deep underground.
Published Apr 26, 2014
Acquired on May 10, 2002, this natural-color image shows the varied landscapes of Big Bend National Park in southwestern Texas.
Published Jul 18, 2010
These nested volcanic features grew as small, secondary vents along the flanks of larger volcanoes.
Published Mar 19, 2020
Acquired December 1, 2012, these images provide natural- and false-color views of restless Tolbachik Volcano.
Published Dec 8, 2012
Situated in Utah, the park is home to 2,000 arches and windows in rock, as well as rock spires and pinnacles.
Published May 8, 2005
It takes thousands of years for rainwater to seep deep underground, warm up, and return to the surface before bathers can enjoy it in Arkansas.
Published Apr 23, 2014
Volcanoes have a lot of dramatic ways to announce their presence. One of the more subtle and rarely observed displays is the pumice raft.
Published Aug 23, 2019
Over epochs, deposition and erosion have carved sharp spires and deep canyons out of this South Dakota landscape.
Published Aug 27, 2016
Using data acquired September 13, 2002, this 3-D visualization shows an old lahar (avalanche of volcanic mud) extending from Anyuyskiy Volcano in far eastern Russia.
Published Jan 9, 2011
Magma rising within this volcano (along the border between Chile and Argentina) led to explosions and a plume of volcanic gases.
Published Jan 7, 2013
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