A screengrab from the animation showing the rise and fall of the slopes of Mount Etna as its magma chamber expands and retracts between 1992 and 2001. Mount Etna seems to breathe in a NASA animation ...

NASA Earth Observatory Good timing and a little luck is all it takes to capture an amazing video of one of nature's most fearsome events: a volcanic eruption. The Kuril Islands, found off Russia's ...

These ghostly hoops have been spotted above volcanic events around the world. But how they form has long been a mystery. Mount Etna—located in Catania, Italy—is one of the rare volcanoes that can blow ...

THERE are around 1,500 volcanoes on land which have been active in the last 10,000 years spewing ash into the atmosphere periodically. As about 50 to 60 volcanic eruptions happen each month we've ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Image was taken by William F. Foshag, ...

Researchers have found an unusual glimpse of the beginning of Earth deep in a Samoan volcano. Known as hotspots, volcanic island chains such as Samoa can have ancient primordial signatures from the ...

A deep-sea exploration off the coast of Hawaii has revealed a striking natural formation on the Pacific seafloor that’s left marine scientists momentarily speechless: a structure resembling a “yellow ...