The landscape is stark, dark and dramatic, formed by a series of eruptions in the last 16,000 years that have stacked layer ...

Nahuku Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is one of the most amazing natural wonders you can visit and ...

Located in the stunning Deschutes National Forest, the Newberry National Volcanic Monument has everything you need for an ...

Lava flow can be controlled “The main lesson we learned from that field experiment was that it's possible to control lava flows – to some extent. And it's certainly worth trying when it comes to ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Volcano-like features on Mars may actually be the result of mud flows rather than lava ...

Morning or late afternoon light brings out the blue-purple tint best, making photographers grab their cameras in excitement. Light reflects off the glassy surface of the pahoehoe lava to create this ...

Kilauea at sunrise: A massive flow streams from a lava tube at the Kamokuna ocean entry. Elyse Butler Volcanologists have a flair for understatement. Here is the term for the roiling, spattering ...

(A) Top of a rubbly pahoehoe flow covered by vegetation in the contact with silicic grey vitrophyres; (B) vesicular crust near the rubbly top of the flow (detail of Fig. 4A); (C) rubbles of mafic ...

The 42-site Lava Flow Campground offers the only accommodations inside the monument ($15 per night, no RV hookups available). The sites are first come, first served, so arrive early if you want to ...

From lava tube cave hikes to star-gazing, Idaho's Craters of the Moon National Monument offers out-of-this-world views.

At around 1800 degrees Fahrenheit, pahoehoe —“smooth” in Hawaiian—lava can flow. “It’s the same word used to define a calm sea,” says Fernández. I can picture it quite vividly.

INTRODUCTION The interaction of the first lava flows from a large igneous province with an active sand sea produces unique structures. The displacement of lava over the loose sand causes limited ...