Lava domes commonly are found inside the craters or on the flanks of large composite volcanoes. Example: Mont Pelée. – Shield volcanoes: Form when lava cools to form a gently sloping dome.

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj volcanic field interspersed with patches of golden sand.

A giant patch of black, fossilized lava that was spewed across the Sahara desert over millions of years looks like an eerie, gold-speckled shadow in this stunning composite of three years' worth ...

List of India’s Active and Dormant Volcanoes & India has one active volcano (Barren Island) and several dormant/extinct ones, ...

Researchers from the Ateneo de Manila University and the National University-Mall of Asia Campus have found that volcanic ash ...

A miles-wide volcano off Oregon’s coast could erupt “soon” say scientists who’ve been tracking it for decades. The Axial Seamount is a massive undersea volcano that reaches more than 3,600 ...

Tremors as strong as magnitude five have raised concerns the volcano that forms Santorini's steep, picturesque cliffs, could erupt. The risk is high enough that Greek authorities convened an ...

Millions of people around the world live near one of the roughly 1,500 active volcanoes on Earth—from Italy’s Campi Flegrei to Indonesia’s Merapi to the United States’ Mount Rainier.

While the heat and ash from the volcano was catastrophic for the town, it preserved the scrolls - though in an unreadable state. Image: An X-ray scan of part of one of the scrolls. Pic ...

Captain America’s star-spangled shield can stand up against the universe’s most powerful forces all thanks to vibranium. This ...