When a cinder cone erupts, the ground shakes as magma rises. Then, a powerful blast throws lava, ash, and gas into the air. Examples: Paricutin in Mexico, Sunset Crater in Arizona. – Composite ...

A little-known volcano on a remote Pacific island may have been the source of one of the 19th century’s most powerful ...

Take a road trip through Nevada to this moon-like crater used by NASA astronauts as a training ground to prepare them for the ...

Lassen Volcanic National Park, true to its name, is one of the best places in the United States to see the legacy of eons of volcanic activity. Most notably, the park features examples of each of ...

Shutterstock Hike Through a Volcanic Landscape Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park opened on August 1, 1916, on the Big Island of ...

The first eruption blew a blanket of cinders around the crater, forming the initial structure of the cone. Intermittent volcanic activity continued. The cinder fall eventually covered hundreds of ...

Expansive lava flows in the Sáttítla Highlands was captured by satellites ahead of the recent designation of the area as a national monument.

When you look down into Haleakalā’s depths, you can count 14 different cinder cones, or puʻu. These formed when explosive volcanic eruptions ejected cinder and scoria that rapidly cooled and fell ...

Discover the hidden natural wonders of Nevada beyond Las Vegas. Explore the majestic Sierra Nevada mountains and vast deserts ...

MANILA, Philippines — A minor eruption occurred at Kanlaon Volcano on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said. In its 6:30 p.m. notice, Phivolcs said the minor ...

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano is spewing fiery red-orange lava up to 250 feet high from its north vent, in what’s being called "Episode 8" of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption. Fountains from the ...