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Have you ever sat and watched a volcano explode and the liquid hot magma slide down the side of the mountain below. It is an exciting and exhilarating scene as long as...
made popular May 31 2009
The Chaiten volcano in northern Patagonia, Chile, had been dormant for 9,500 years under its obsidian dome before erupting spectacularly and without warning one year...
made popular May 29 2009
AP, Anchorage
Mount Redoubt showed increased unrest Sunday as the volcano continued to rumble and grumble and produced a substantial ash and steam plume.
made popular May 4 2009
Cool factor: Volcano Boarding
My take: Earlier this month, we talked about a group of guys who call themselves “10 Jews, one snowboard”, attempting a record at the...
made popular Apr 28 2009
AP, Nuku'alofa
An undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga shooting clouds of smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet (meters) into the sky above the South Pacific ocean,...
made popular Mar 18 2009
AP, Anchorage
Alaska’s Mount Redoubt is rumbling again and geologists at the Alaska Volcano Observatory increased the official alert level to orange, the stage just before...
made popular Mar 16 2009
AP, Santiago
Officials say scores of people who had returned to a Chilean town destroyed by a volcanic eruption are being evacuated again as the volcano roars back to life.
made popular Feb 19 2009
AP, Anchorage
Mount Redoubt in southern Alaska is puffing a little steam and emitting volcanic gases but still hasn’t erupted.
made popular Feb 10 2009
AP, Anchorage
Maree Shogren knows firsthand the toxic power of a volcano, so don’t blame her for being a little freaked out about the expected eruption of Alaska’s Mount...
made popular Feb 3 2009
AP, Anchorage
Geologists monitoring Mount Redoubt for signs of a possible eruption noticed that a hole in the glacier clinging to the north side of the volcano had doubled in size...
made popular Feb 1 2009
AP, Anchorage
Hardware stores and auto parts shops scored a post-holiday run of business this week as Anchorage-area residents stocked up on protective eyewear and masks ahead of a...
made popular Jan 30 2009
AP, Santiago
The Chilean government says it will relocate a southern village that was destroyed by a volcanic eruption last year.
made popular Jan 29 2009
AP, Anchorage
Mount Redoubt, a volcano 100 miles southwest of Anchorage, is rumbling and simmering, prompting geologists to warn that an eruption may be imminent.
made popular Jan 29 2009
AP, Cheyenne
Run for your lives ... Yellowstone’s going to explode!
made popular Jan 9 2009
AP, San Juan
The volcano on the tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat has burst into action, hurling hot rocks that set buildings ablaze in the island’s abandoned capital.
made popular Dec 3 2008
AP, Bogota
Authorities say at least four people have died in landslides triggered by a volcanic eruption in southwestern Colombia.
made popular Nov 22 2008
AP, Managua
Nicaragua’s San Cristobal volcano is spewing ash and gas, provoking a shudder of small earthquakes.
made popular Nov 22 2008
AP, Bogota
Landslides triggered by a volcanic eruption injured nine people and destroyed more than 20 homes and five bridges in southwest Colombia, prompting a red alert for more...
made popular Nov 21 2008
AP, Quito
Lava was rising anew in the crater of Ecuador’s Reventador volcano on Monday, a day after bursts of ash forced temporary closure of the capital’s airport.
made popular Nov 10 2008
AP, Mount Bromo
Indonesian legend has it that six centuries ago, a princess hurled her youngest child into a fiery volcano to appease mountain gods who had granted her fertility.
made popular Nov 2 2008
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