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What causes a volcano to erupt?92

What causes a volcano to erupt?

Volcano eruptions produce stunning scenes of fiery lava shooting up from the depths of the earth. There are thousands of active volcanoes in the world - find out how they are formed and which will erupt next.

36 comments    volcanoes famous volcanoes
The Island of Hawaii and Its Six Volcanoes91

The Island of Hawaii and Its Six Volcanoes

Volcanoes, like their close cousins earthquakes, are responsible for both massive destruction as well as for the creation of many of the beautiful landscapes on our earth. The Earth as we know it today was created eons ago. The job, however, is...

16 comments    travel vacation america
Pictures - Algae, Bacteria and Microorganisms create Amazing Colors in Yellowstone86

Pictures - Algae, Bacteria and Microorganisms create Amazing Colors in Yellowstone

See the 20 photos that I took of the breathtakingly vivid and beautiful colors in Yellowstone. It is the thinnest area of earth's crust and very active with steaming fumeroles, geysers and sites that will linger in one's memory always.

97 comments    travel pictures landscape
A Super Volcano in Yellowstone83

A Super Volcano in Yellowstone

Yellowstone Park has its own Super Volcano ! The magma chamber will leave a huge caldera and a Volcanic Winter after the super eruption. Compare with the Toba eruption in Sumatra, or with Crater Lake, OR !

3 comments    yellowstone eruption caldera
Types Of Volcanoes84

Types Of Volcanoes

We all know what a volcano is. We have all seen it countless times on the television in documentaries; a huge eruption of earth’s surface followed by the release of molten red hot liquid called lava, ash and hot gases. And that’s what basically...

2 comments    earthquake core volcanoes
Yellowstone Caldera Eruption Effects81

Yellowstone Caldera Eruption Effects

With the super-volcano's already 2000 years behind it's eruption date, what would be the effects on today's world?

3 comments    economic geography volcano
Super Volcanoes80

Super Volcanoes

Each year over 330,000 visitors flock to Yellowstone National Park to see it's main attraction, Old Faithful. About every ninety minutes Old Faithful erupts shooting thousands of gallons of water into the air. If these visitors knew what forces...

6 comments    yellowstone volcanic yosemite
A New Earth and a New Heaven Emerging77

A New Earth and a New Heaven Emerging

Geomagnetic reversal spells dramatic changes on the surface of the earth too. There has been a sudden increase in both volcanic and Seismic activity. In addition, new activity has been occurring in regions that have been historically quiet.

1 comment    earth process africa
Yellowstone National Park: Super Volcano77

Yellowstone National Park: Super Volcano

Home to a rich biodiversity of wildflie, Old Faithful, the Boreal forest, ...and the biggest super volcano on the planet.

55 comments    mountain atmosphere volcano
Types Of Lava76

Types Of Lava

Lava is a molten rock released during an eruption by a volcano with the liquid flowing wide and large distances before cooling and solidifying. The eruptions produce mixtures of volcanic ash and other fragments called tephra. ...

1 comment    hawaii liquid volcano
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