Around 900 years ago, a volcano – which has come to be called Sunset Crater – erupted and transformed the encircling area. Geologic features like cinders, lava rock and lava flow compose this ...

The eruption of Kīlauea within Halemaʻumaʻu crater resumed at 11:28 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, when fountain-fed lava flows erupted out of the north vent. This marks the beginning of the sixth ...

COURTESY USGS This U.S. Geological Survey web camera photo shows lava fountains returning to Halemaumau Crater early this morning. Kilauea had another short-lived eruption within Halemaumau crater ...

An expert from the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory has revealed some of the most likely impacts of an eruption in the famed ...

Lava flows are masses of magma that pour onto the ... The restless lava lake in Nyiragongo's summit crater regularly causes eruptions of gas and smoke laden with tephra. Lava is the word for ...

Lava from Kilauea volcano resumed flowing into Halemaumau crater today after a dramatic early Monday morning eruption followed by a pause in the flow later that afternoon, according to Hawaiian ...

The eruption that began Dec. 23 in a crater at the summit of Kilauea volcano has paused periodically. It resumed Wednesday morning as a “small sluggish lava flow,” and then increased into a ...

For Arizona travelers, dramatic volcanic structures are just around the corner, or, more specifically, protected in Sunset ...

Officials at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park are bracing for crowds eager to get a glimpse of lava fountaining from an eruption. The eruption began last month in a crater at the summit of Kilauea ...

The summit eruption began within Halema’uma’u Crater in September 2021 ... a vantage point for the lava flow. As of December 6, around 17,000 cars entered the viewing area set up by the ...