Overlapping lava flows on Kilauea Volcano illustrate the formation of the Hawaiian Islands.
Image of the Day Land Volcanoes
Fresh lava flows cover the slopes of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano.
Fresh lava flows radiate from Kilauea’s Pu’su ’O’o, crater, as the Volcano’s longstanding eruption continues.
In western New Mexico, the landscape’s long volcanic history can be explored above and below the ground.
Image of the Day Land
Acquired March 6, 2013, this image shows a fresh lava flow on the surface of Tolbachik Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
Land Volcanoes
Low-viscosity lava flows produce long, narrow shapes on the landscape.
Old, hardened lava flows extend from the caldera of Medicine Lake volcano in northern California.
Fresh lava flows are difficult to distinguish from the barren rock of Tolbachinsky Dol, a volcanic plateau.
In south-central New Mexico, a charcoal-brown scar undulates across the arid landscape.
Viscous, slow-moving lava flows form circular mounds known as lava domes.