volcanic activity Archives - Geography Realm

Processing Sentinel-2's shortwave-infrared band shows the bright red lava flow on Mount Etna's southern flank on February 18, 2021.

Mount Etna Erupts

May 2, 2023February 19, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

Mount Etna’s latest eruptions occurred on February 16 and again on February 18, 2021.

Kambalny Volcano Erupts for the First Time in Almost 250 Years

March 27, 2017 by Caitlin Dempsey

While the Kamchatka Peninsula has the highest concentration of active volcanoes on Earth, until recently the Kambalny Volcano had been dormant for almost 250 years.

Photograph of the eruption from the summit of Eyjafjallajökull from the north looking to the south across the Gígjökull outlet glacier, its "missing" proglacial (ice-margin) lake caused by the jökulhlaup that filled in the lake. Photo: Oddur Sigurðsson, Iceland Meteorological Office. Public domain.

Volcanoes and Glaciers in Iceland

February 18, 2021April 2, 2014 by Elizabeth Borneman

Iceland is a country of varied geography, topography, and landscape.

ZUBAIR ISLANDS ON DECEMBER 23, 2011. SOURCE: NASA’S EO-1 – ALI.

New Baby Island in the Zubair Islands

January 15, 2022January 17, 2012 by Caitlin Dempsey

A new island has been added to the Zubair Islands off the Yemeni coast as a result of volcanic activity that erupted on December 19, 2011.