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Lava Beds National Monument
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Lava Beds National Monument

The landscape is a recently formed set of basaltic lava flows that creates a foreboding landscape of sharp obsidian, cinder and spatter cones, twisted rivers of solidified rock, pit craters, and a network of caves from lava tubes.

Published Oct 16, 2005

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Fresh Lava Flows at Pu’u O’o
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Fresh Lava Flows at Pu’u O’o

Satellite view of fresh lava flows from recent activity at Kilaue’s Pu’u O’o Crater.

Published Sep 9, 2011

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Lava Around Lake Afrera
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Lava Around Lake Afrera

Desert, lava, and salt dominate the landscape around Ethiopia’s Lake Afrera.

Published Jul 27, 2014

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El Malpais National Monument
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El Malpais National Monument

In western New Mexico, the landscape’s long volcanic history can be explored above and below the ground.

Published Feb 21, 2016

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A Fateful Year at Cinder Cone
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A Fateful Year at Cinder Cone

A 1666 eruption in what is now the northeast corner of Lassen Volcanic National Park flattened forests and created a new lake.

Published Mar 11, 2018

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Plumes From Africa’s Volcanic Duo
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Plumes From Africa’s Volcanic Duo

Central Africa’s highly active Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo volcanoes simultaneously release volcanic plumes.

Published Feb 14, 2015

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Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo
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Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo

In central Africa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sit two volcanoes: Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira. Besides their proximity to Lake Kivu in the south, these volcanoes share the capacity for destruction, each having produced its share of catastrophic eruptions since the early twentieth century. Yet these volcanoes differ markedly from each other, one being a low-profiled structure rising subtly from the plain, and the other sporting steep slopes.

Published Dec 10, 2007

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The Shapes that Lavas Take, Part 2
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The Shapes that Lavas Take, Part 2

Low-viscosity lava flows produce long, narrow shapes on the landscape.

Published Nov 22, 2013

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Lava Flow near Nyamuragira Volcano
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Lava Flow near Nyamuragira Volcano

Satellite views show exposed lava and hot spots in Congo.

Published Jan 5, 2012

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Lava Lake Discovered on Mount Michael
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Lava Lake Discovered on Mount Michael

Scientists confirmed a stable pond of lava exists within the crater, raising the planet’s known number of lava lakes to seven.

Published Jul 19, 2019

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Capulin Volcano National Monument
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Capulin Volcano National Monument

Nestled in the northeast corner of New Mexico, Capulin protrudes from the flat expanse, an anthill of giant proportions.

Published Aug 24, 2016

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Activity on Nyiragongo
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Activity on Nyiragongo

Published Jun 22, 2007

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