lava

While some volcanoes have spent the last 2,000 years sleeping soundly, Stromboli, a volcanic island to the north of Sicily, has taken no such rest. In fact, it’s spent nearly all of that time in an almost constant state of eruption.The…

A rare 'lavanado' was spotted swirling over the fiery eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano.The wild scene caught on video captured the moment when hot gasses and dangerous lava were spun together into the air over a freshly formed molten…

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is erupting, spewing hot lava hundreds of feet into the sky. The eruption began Tuesday at the volcano's summit crater inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island, about 200 miles southeast of…

Massive accumulations of gypsum and other sulfates in the La Corona lava tube system in Lanzarote, Spain. Credit: Bogdan Onac Lava tubes on Earth have been studied for signs of ancient microbial life, providing a model for…

Following months of seismic activity, a volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes peninsula finally erupted last night. At 22:17 local time, an earthquake swarm was followed by an eruption which tore open a 2.5-mile (4km) fissure of boiling lava. …