Footage Shows the Scale of Today’s Sakurajima Volcano Eruption

Incredible new footage shows the Sakurajima volcano erupting in Kyushu, Japan today, spewing volcanic ash high into the air and causing Japanese authorities to issue an ash advisory. [Read More]

Incredible New Photo of Mars Shows the Solar System’s Biggest Volcano

NASA's 23-year-old Odyssey Mars orbiter is days away from celebrating an incredible milestone: 100,000 trips around Mars. To mark the record-setting occasion, NASA has released a new image of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system. [Read More]

Photographer Captures Northern Lights Over an Erupting Volcano

A photographer waited three years to capture these epic shots of the northern lights above an erupting volcano.

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Chinese Tourist Posing for Photo Plunges 250 Feet Into Active Volcano

A 31-year-old woman holidaying in Indonesia has died after falling 250 feet into an active volcano.

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Footage Shows Huge Cracks Splitting Apart Iceland Amid Volcanic Threat

Shocking drone footage shows a huge crack literally splitting apart an Icelandic town, as the country warns of a potential major volcanic eruption. [Read More]

Researchers Develop Low-Cost UV Camera for Monitoring Volcanoes

Researchers from the University of Sheffield in England have developed a relatively affordable sulfur dioxide (SO2) camera that may help predict volcanoes, providing essential warnings to nearby communities and facilitating earlier evacuation and preparation. [Read More]

Photos from the First-Ever Ascent of Mt. Michel, an Ultra-Remote Volcano

A team of National Geographic explorers led by Renan Ozturk and Emma Nicholson was able to reach the summit crater of Mount Michel -- a remote stratovolcano -- and confirm the existence of one of nature’s rarest phenomenons: a lava lake. [Read More]