Cinder cones are simple volcanoes that form where vents, or openings, spit out ash and lava. They can be cone- or oval-shaped, usually with a bowl-like crater at their summits. When a cinder cone ...

“Based on the volcanic deposits from recent eruptions on Haleakala, which include lava flows and cinder cones, we assume that future eruptions will be similar . . . effusive eruptions, something ...

A little-known volcano in the remote Kuril Islands, Zavaritzki, links an explosion in 1831 with drastic climate changes.

Sometimes, it takes a monumental event to spur Congress into establishing a national park. Such a significant event, or ...

Lava crashed through the 1914 crater ... try Lassen Peak. Four types of volcanoes—shield, composite, cinder cone, and plug dome—can be found in Lassen Volcanic National Park, where they ...

For 25 million years, volcanos spewed molten rock and ash across New Mexico, forming craters, super volcanos, cinder cones, lava flows and peak-less mountains. Over time, these massive eruptions ...

Ash released from shield volcanoes often builds up around the vent forming a steep, round hill known as a cinder cone. A lava tube may also form, beneath the surface of the ground, when low ...

To climb Wizard Island is to climb a volcano within a volcano. Wizard Island is a cinder cone that was created from several minor eruptions at least 900 years ago, while the lake level was rising ...

Tim Neville There are only a few cities in the country that can claim to have a volcano within their limits and Bend is one of them. That's thanks to Pilot Butte, a cinder cone that rises about ...