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

In 2010, a volcano eruption in Iceland disrupted air travel ... Volcanoes are generally classified into four main types: – Cinder cones: These are the simplest type of volcanoes.

Its namesake feature, the 10,457-foot Lassen Peak, is one of the world's largest lava dome-type volcanoes and the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The valley is full of long sloping hills made of dark black rocks that lead to red cinder cones that ... As the volcanos erupt the lava they expel forms new land. In the case of Haleakalā, more than ...