ARMED police today forced Indonesian villagers to evacuate plains surrounding a volcano that experts believe is poised to erupt, as aid workers braced for a potential disaster. Some of the villagers decided to stay. picked by maxriter 11 months ago

More than 1,500 people have been evacuated from the region surrounding the Chaiten Volcano in Southern Chile.

This is the first time Chaiten has erupted in 9,000 years.

Words to go with pictures here. picked by pocksucket 4 months ago

The Hawaii earthquakes that resulted in more than $200 million in damage in October were caused by continued settling of Mauna Loa, the world's largest volcano, seismologists have concluded. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The eruption of ashes to the altitude of 500-700 meters from the Klyuchevskaya Sopka Volcano were registered in Kamchatka. The plume of ashes stretched for 105 kilometers northeast of the gigantic volcano. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

You have probably never heard of this volcano but it produced the most powerful eruption of the 20th century. People 800 miles away heard the blast - over one hour after it occurred. picked by rockhunter 1 year ago

Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano let out a massive roar as it blasted a gigantic cloud of smoke and flaming red rocks hundreds of meters into the night sky. picked by mitzuzake 10 months ago

A virtual tour of Yellowstones super volcano. Arguably one of the largest volcano's in the world. Its explosion could be so massive that it would dwarf any other volcanic explosions in human history...good stuff! picked by missy1979 2 years ago

There were no immediate reports of casualties and the area is shrouded in fog, blocking the view of the volcano. picked by hisidea 10 months ago

As clouds of toxic ash and dust tower into the sky, they ionise the air, generating an explosive electrical storm. Colossal forks of lightning spark around the noxious plume as it spews from the volcano's crater, creating an image of raw, terrifying energy - as if the air itself were ablaze. Video of the eruption here. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Slideshow of volcano images. The one in the theme pic is my favourite. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Tired of normal surfing? Have you hit everything from the wave machine at your local swimming pool to the latest tsunami? How about Volcano Surfing? No, not lava surfing, but surfing the waves 20 feet from where the lava hits the ocean. Surfing in boiling hot water is the latest extreme event. picked by bernardblack 2 months ago

The "mud volcano" which displaced more than 13,000 Indonesian's in East Java is being dramatised through a soap opera in one of the weirdest public relations exercise. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

When you don't have access to the searing flames of a real volcano, I guess a 20 ft burning plastic volcano will do. picked by BrownTrout 1 year ago

The first evidence of a volcanic eruption from beneath Antarctica’s most rapidly changing ice sheet is reported this week in the journal Nature Geosciences. The volcano on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet erupted 2000 years ago (325BC) and remains active. Using airborne ice-sounding radar, scientists discovered a layer of ash produced by a ‘subglacial’ volcano. It extends across an a... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Rabaul Chamber of Commerce President and hotelier Bruce Alexander told Australian Associated Press that around 2,000 people -- or 90 percent of the local population -- had fled the town as Mt Tavurvur erupted. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Sparks lit the night sky and a small stream of lava was flowing down the volcano as Italy's Mount Etna lit the night sky over Naples with a hellish red glow. picked by mitzuzake 12 months ago

One third of Melipeuco's 3 thousand inhabitants voluntarily evacuated the area to the safety of nearby Cunco. picked by hisidea 8 months ago

Oldoinyo Lengai, or 'Mountain of God' is located in Tanzania and is unique amongst volcanoes on Earth: its low-temperature natrocarbonatite lavas will often form eerie, surreal pinnacles and features that quickly turn to powder.

More on the volcano here and here picked by tundramonkey 1 year ago

Here are a number of excellent images of Klyuchevskoy Volcano which has been erupting on the Kamchatka penninsula over the past few weeks. The text is in Russian but these twenty photos are worth a look even if you do not read that language. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Indonesian geophysicists hope to stem the flow of a destructive mud volcano on East Java by dropping chains of concrete balls into its mouth. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago