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Podcast: Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai

The island might be almost completely gone now, but the memory remains.
The Podcast Team June 27, 2023
Bispingen, Germany

Iserhatsche

A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.
Unaweep Divide, west.
List

Discover Geological Oddities in Colorado

Over 2 billion years of diverse tectonic forces turned Colorado into a playground for the geologically inclined.
The crater as seen in February
Gypsum, Colorado

Dotsero Crater

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.
Nestled high in Mexico's mountains, a community works to protect the Endangered monarch butterflies that come to hibernate in the hundreds of thousands. Here two members of that community, Eduardo Carrillo and David Bautista, show the difference between males (left), who have two black dots on their wings, and females (right).
volcanoes

How This Tiny Mexican Town Has Saved Their Monarch Butterflies—For Now

At the Joya Redonda Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary, hibernating monarch numbers have multiplied tenfold. But is that enough to save the insect?
Vanessa Freije & Yolotzin HernĂ¡ndez April 7, 2023
volcanoes

What Caused This Massive Mud Volcano Eruption in Indonesia?

For more than a decade, hot mud has oozed across thousands of acres, displacing entire villages.
Michael Hudec January 23, 2023
Winona, Missouri

Rocky Falls

A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.
Arthur's Seat
Edinburgh, Scotland

Arthur's Seat

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.
A scene from the 1973 eruption on Heimay
Heimaey, Iceland

Eldheimar Museum

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.
Plug seen looking southeasterly, close-up.
Mono City, California

Basalt Plug

This large chunk of dark rock is a relic from an ancient volcanic eruption.
King Salmon, Alaska

Valley of 10,000 Smokes

In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
Columcille Megalith Park in Bangor, Pennsylvania
volcanoes

Podcast: Summer Adventures ‘22

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.
The Podcast Team September 20, 2022
Formica LĂ©o
Sainte Rose, RĂ©union

Formica LĂ©o

On one of the world's most active volcanoes, a pebble-filled crater changes color with the wind.
The eruption in October 2021
La Palma, Spain

VolcĂ¡n de Tajogaite

The longest eruption in the history of La Palma originated with this volcano in September 2021.
A fissure.
Lee Vining, California

Black Point Fissures by Mono Lake

Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.
Cameroon's Lake Nyos, photographed shortly after its 1986 release of a massive cloud of carbon dioxide gas, which killed more than 1,700 people.
disasters

The Invisible Threat Beneath Cameroon's Deadly Lake Nyos

Thousands died in 1986 when the crater lake unleashed a cloud of toxic gas. Could it happen again?
John Richard Saylor June 9, 2022
The dome as seen from where the trail tops out on the tephra ring.
Lee Vining, California

Panum Crater

A volcanic cone that formed over 600 years ago.
Pico Basilé
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea

Pico Basilé

It's been nearly a century since this volcano, the tallest mountain in Equatorial Guinea, erupted.