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Volcanoes and Volcanic Eruptions

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Mount Vesuvius
Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius: Geology, history, facts and more by Jessica Ball.
Types Of Eruptions
Volcanic Eruption
Types of Volcanic Eruptions: Article & photos by Jessica Ball.
Volcanic Hazards
Volcanic hazards
Volcanic Hazards: Learn about the many dangers of volcanoes.
Yellowstone Caldera
Yellowstone Caldera
Yellowstone Supervolcano: Three USGS videos explain the history and eruptive activity.
The Speed Of Magma
speed of magma
How Fast Does Magma Rise? Rates as fast as a meter per second!
Teaching Tectonics
Earthquake teaching
Teaching Plate Tectonics with Easy-to-Draw Illustrations.
Sarychev Eruption
Sarychev Volcano eruption
Spectacular Photo - Sarychev Eruption: Photo of the plume punching through cloud cover.
Submarine Volcano
Undersea volcano
Submarine Volcano: A study of water chemistry and sea life.
Supervolcano In Italy
Supervolcano under Italy
Supervolcano in Italy: A fossil supervolcano beneath the Alps.
Great Rift Valley
East Africa Rift
The East Africa Rift System: Learn about the East Africa Rift.
Kilauea Eruption
Kilauea eruption photos
USGS Photos: Kilauea Eruption! Photos of lava flows, ashfall and other eruption effects.
Novarupta
Novarupta
Novarupta: The most powerful eruption of the 20th century. It happened in Alaska, 1912.
Arenal Volcano
Arenal Volcano
Arenal Volcano: Geology, history & hazards. Jessica Ball.
CO2 Rich Lavas
Carbonatite lava flows
Carbonatite Lava Flows: CO2 - rich lavas flow like motor oil.
Age Of The Andes
Andes Mountains map
How Old Are The Andes? New research gives an age of > 7 MY.
Explore SP Crater
SP Crater
SP Crater: Explore with Google maps and satellite images.
If it is not grown, it is mined.
 
Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks
Igneous Rocks: Descriptions and photos of common rocks.
Stromboli Volcano
Stromboli volcano images and information
Stromboli: Geology, history, facts and more by Jessica Ball.
Deepest Volcano
Deepest Volcano
Deepest Volcano: Erupting 4000 feet below the Pacific.
St. Helens - 30 Years
Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens - 30 Years: Two USGS videos review the eruption and its impact.
Volcanic Lightning
Lightning in Redoubt Volcano Ash Cloud
Redoubt Volcano Lightning: Photographs of lightning in the Redoubt Volcano ash cloud.
Chaiten Volcano
Chaiten information and pictures
Chaitén: Geology, history and facts by Jessica Ball.
Solar System
Volcanoes of the solar system
Solar System Volcanoes: On other planets & moons.
Galeras Volcano
Galeras
Galeras Volcano: Colombia's most active volcano. Article by Jessica Ball.
Kilauea Rift Zone
Kilauea
Kilauea Eastern Rift Zone: A spectacular image of craters and lava flows.
Volcanoes and Climate
Enormous volcanic eruption
A Large Volcanic Eruption in 1809 Launched a Cold Decade
Redoubt Volcano
Redoubt Volcano Eruption
Redoubt Volcano: Photos from the 2009 eruption by USGS/AVO.
Volcano Risk Reduced
Volcanic disaster risk
Reducing Risk from Volcanoes: Crisis assistance from USAID.
Montserrat Volcano
Montserrat Volcano
Soufriere Hills: A NASA image reveals many volcanic eruptions.
Ol Doinyo Lengai
Ol Doinyo Lengai Volcano
Ol Doinyo Lengai: Satellite view of eruption impact.
Tambora Volcano
Tambora Volcano satellite image
Tambora: Caldera from Earth's largest recorded eruption.
Asphalt Volcanoes
Asphalt volcanoes
Asphalt Volcanoes: Lorger than a football field and as tall as a six-story building.
Kasatochi Volcano
Kasatochi Volcano
Kasatochi Eruption: How island life is recovering.
Oil is found first in the mind.

Newest Volcano Items
Volcanic Explosivity
volcanic explosivity index
Volcanic Explosivity: Rating volcanic eruptions based upon the volume of tephra ejected.
Eruption Photos
volcanic eruptions
Spectacular Eruption Photos: A collection of volcanic eruption photos by USGS, NASA, NOAA.
Mount Gambier
Mount Gambier eruption
Overdue Eruption? An eruption at Australia's Mount Gambier could be long overdue.
Kilauea Volcano
Kilauea volcano
Recent Eruption Photos from the east rift zone of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano.
Volcanic Tremors
Volcanic tremors
Volcanic Tremors might be useful in forecasting explosive volcanic eruptions.
Tao-Rusyr Caldera
Tao-Rusyr Caldera
Tao-Rusyr Caldera was the site of a massive volcanic eruption about 9000 years ago.
Calderas
calderas
Calderas are large volcanic craters formed by some of Earth's largest eruptions.
Saudi Volcanic Field
Harrat Lunayyir
Harrat Lunayyir: 30,000 eathquakes and rifting reveal activity in this volcanic field.
Hawaiian Glaciers
Hawiian glaciers
Hawaiian Glaciers and Climate Change: Processes in the North Atlantic influence Mauna Kea.
Eruption Triggers?
What triggers eruptions at Mount Hood?
What Triggers Mount Hood: Mixing magmas might trigger volcanic eruptions.
Magma Formation
Magma formation
Depth of Magma Formation: How deep does melting occur?
Redoubt Volcano
Redoubt volcano images and information
Redoubt: Facts, history, geology, and hazards by Jessica Ball.
Redoubt Photos
Redoubt Volcano Eruption Photos - 1989-1990
Redoubt Photos: USGS/AVO photos of the 1989-90 eruption.
Etna Volcano
Etna volcano images and information
Etna: Facts, history, geology, and hazards by Jessica Ball.
Okmok Volcano
Okmok Volcano
Okmok Caldera: Activity from the July 2008 eruption.
Volcanic Ash
Volcanic ash
Volcanic Ash: Learn about volcanic ash and volcanic dust.
Activity at Rabaul
Rabaul Volcano
Activity at Rabaul Volcano: Ash plume - late November, 2009.
The present is the key to the past.
 
What is a Maar?
maar
What is a Maar? The second most common volcanic landscape feature on Earth.
Mount Cleveland
Mount Cleveland
Mount Cleveland is an active volcano in the Aleutian Islands and a threat to air traffic.
Pyroclastic Flow
Pyroclastic Flow at Shiveluch Volcano captured in images by NASA satellites.
Iceland Geothermal
geothermal energy at Krafla Volcano
Geothermal from Superhot Rocks: Geologists intentionally drill into superhot rocks.
Lö'ihi Seamount
Loihi Seamount
Lö'ihi Seamount is a submarine volcano that could become an island in the Hawaiian Chain.
How Kilauea Works
How does Kilauea work?
How Does Kilauea Work? Discover the underground plumbing system of Kilauea.
Hawaiian Hot Spot
Hawaiian hot spot
How did the Hawaiian Islands Form? The power of a moving plate over a stationary hot spot.
Sutter Buttes
Sutter Buttes
Volcano in the Great Valley: An eroded volcanic feature that is a surprise in the Great Valley.
Sulawesi Sea
Sulawesi sea
Sulawesi Sea: Submarine volcanoes, hydrothermal vents and deep marine biodiversity.
Dangerous Volcano
Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier: A dangerous volcano with a history of deadly lahars and pyroclastic flows.
Santa Maria Volcano
Santa Maria Volcano
Santa Maria: A volcano in Guatemala. Produced one of the largest eruptions of the 1900's.
Glaciovolcanoes
Glaciovolcano
Volcanoes Under Ice: They exist in Iceland, Canada and USA.
Coring a Supervolcano
Seafloor Supervolcanoes: Drilling Shatsky Rise for data on mass extinction.
Coal Fires & Extinction
Coal fires and the Permian extinction
Volcano-Triggered Coal Fires are thought to be a possible cause for Permian Extinctions.
Jupiter's Moon Io
magma ocean under Io
Magma Ocean beneath Io erupts 100x as much magma as all Earth volcanoes combined.
Mars Volcano
Highest and Lowest Points on Mars
Olympus Mons: The largest solar system volcano.
Volcanoes From Space
monitoring volcanoes from space
Monitoring Volcanoes From Space: Keeping an eye on remote volcanoes.
Geology underlies it all.
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