Volcanoes

Mexico: St. Anthony's Chapel to celebrate 100 years

2013-05-14 07:30:00

Desperate to find your great-grandmother’s wedding ring -- the one you lost while cleaning house one day? You might try asking St. Anthony, the patron saint of lost items, to help. Or take your plea one step further and visit the good friar&...

James Turrell shapes perceptions

2013-05-11 08:00:00

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Flying a couple of thousand feet above a volcanic field in Arizona near the Painted Desert, it's fairly easy to spot the extinct volcano known as the Roden Crater. It stands alone in the field, apart from hundreds of other...

Mexico prepares for more intense eruptions from Popo volcano

2013-05-14 00:00:00

MEXICO CITY— Mexico's giant Popocatepetl volcano may generate lava flows, explosions of "growing intensity" and ash that could reach miles away, the National Center for Disaster Prevention said Monday. Officials were preparing evacuation routes...

Hawaii: Volcano House is back in business

2013-05-10 07:00:00

Volcano House, uniquely located on the edge of the active Kilauea volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii, has reopened after a multimillion-dollar restoration by its new owners. The hotel sits within the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. It is located just...

Mexico's 'Popo' volcano spews ash, molten rock

2013-05-13 11:29:00

MEXICO CITY -- Mexican officials are preparing evacuation routes and shelters for tens of thousands of people who live in the shadow of Popocatepetl, a giant volcano 40 miles southeast of Mexico City. "Popo," as the volcano is known, has displayed a...

Lake County homes sinking; 'it's a slow-motion disaster'

2013-05-11 17:06:00

Home in a subdivision in Lake County are sinking, prompting officials to seek help. Eight homes are now abandoned and 10 others are under notice of imminent evacuation as a hilltop with sweeping vistas of Clear Lake and the Mt. Konocti volcano...

Indonesia's Paluweh volcano from space: Green blob, plumes of ash

2013-05-07 11:49:00

What does a volcano look like from 438 miles above the Earth's surface? Thanks to NASA�and its new Landsat Data Continuity Mission satellite (LDCM), you can see for yourself. On April 29, the satellite captured two images of the Paluweh volcano...

Pictures in the News | May 7, 2013

2013-05-07 10:42:58

Five killed as Philippine volcano starts spewing rocks and ash

2013-05-07 11:16:00

Four German tourists and one of their Filipino guides were killed Tuesday when one of the Philippines' most active volcanoes started spewing large rocks and ash, officials said. The group was climbing the Mayon volcano when an explosion happened at...

Hawaii: Teen survives fall into crevice at Volcanoes National Park

2013-04-11 17:23:00

A California teenager is lucky to be alive, officials say, after falling 25 feet down a scorchingly hot crack in the Earth’s surface at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii. Rescuers were summoned shortly before 7 p.m....

New images from JPL's UAVSAR, the radar that sees through trees

2013-04-05 07:00:00

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory may be most famous for sending Curiosity to Mars and Voyager�to the edge of�the solar system, but some of its coolest technology is being used right here on Earth. For the last month, a manned C-20A aircraft owned by...

‘Star Trek Into Darkness’: Pine, Quinto on film’s real-world parallels

2013-04-26 06:52:12

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says ash plumes from the Pavlof Volcano on the Alaska Peninsula, seen here Tuesday, stretched more than 100 miles. The plumes reached altitudes of up to 20,000 feet Wednesday.

2013-05-15 18:12:00

Steam rises from a Pavlof Volcano lava flow near Cold Bay, in this Monday photo from PenAir pilot Brandon Wilson. The Alaska Volcano Observatory has raised Pavlof's alert level this week, after a minor eruption at Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands earlier this month.

2013-05-14 18:09:00

The Alaska Volcano Observatory says the Pavlof Volcano, about 37 miles northeast of Cold Bay, exhibited seismic activity and heat spikes Monday which "have previously signaled the onset of eruptive activity.

2013-05-13 13:27:00