Kilauea's Lava Has Leveled Up Again
Kilauea’s days of pumping old, stale magma to the surface are officially over and done. According to scientists with…
Hottest, Fastest Lava Yet Prompts Further Evacuations in Hawaii
Residents of two Big Island communities have been advised to evacuate, as fast-moving magma from the Kilauea volcano…
Lava From Kilauea Volcano Reaches Well at Geothermal Power Plant
Lava from Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano has reached the Puna Geothermal Venture plant, covering a well and…
Creeping Lava Now Threatens Major Hawaiian Power Plant
Molten lava from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has entered the grounds of Puna Geothermal Venture, a geothermal power plant…
Kilauea's Lava Is Changing—Here's What That Means
After three weeks, the eruption at Kilauea volcano’s lower East Rift Zone shows no signs of abatement. In fact,…
Eruption of Kilauea Volcano Triggers Mandatory Evacuations on Hawaii's Big Island
The governor of Hawaii has declared a local state of emergency in the vicinity of the Mount Kilauea volcano following…
Watch This GoPro Experience What It's Like To Be Consumed By Molten Lava
The big advantage to compact action cams like the GoPro is that they’re tiny enough to capture shots in places where…
Massive Lava Waves Detected on Jupiter’s Moon Io
Io is the closest thing we have to hell in our Solar System, a Jovian moon that features hundreds of active volcanoes…
Have You Ever Really Looked at Lava Falling Into the Ocean?
Now here’s a thing. Have you ever really looked at lava falling into the ocean? I mean, really looked at it?
Hawaii’s Epic Lava 'Fire Hose' Has Returned With a Vengeance
Late last week, a cliff collapse extinguished the dramatic lava flow streaming out of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. We have…
Lava Gushing Into the Ocean Looks Like Delicious Tropical Punch
A month ago, a lava tube on the Hawaiian island of Kilauea was exposed after a large chunk of hardened magma broke off…
A Popular Lava Viewing Area Just Collapsed Into the Ocean
“Lava viewing area” sounds like a feature of your favorite Super Mario game, but it’s also a real thing in Hawaii,…
Watch Werner Herzog Narrate the Savage Lava Death of Chef Boyardee
“The sun dimmeth, the land sinketh, gusheth forth steam and gutting fire.”
Look what happens when magma touches water
Fire bubbles! That’s what happens when burning hot liquid magma hits water. National Geographic writes that,…
Watch flowing lava scorch the Earth
Here’s beautiful footage of lava flowing from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano. The hot red burning orange lava oozes its way…
Incredible drone footage of a flowing lava river
It looks like a giant fire scaled dragon snaking its body across the scorched Earth. Or like the fire brick road that…
Guatemala's "Volcano of Fire" Lives Up to Its Name, Spectacularly
While not as dramatic as its eruption in February, which necessitated evacuations and the closure of a nearby airport,…
The Real Geology Behind Pixar's Short Film Lava
Pixar’s geological love story Lava isn’t just meant to evoke the tropical islands of Hawaii; it’s actually inspired by…
Gorgeous 4k footage of a volcano erupting
Whenever I see an epic volcano explosion, such as this one of Volcano Calbuco in Chile exploding for the first time in…
An Absolutely Massive Volcano Is Exploding In Chile Right Now
Calbuco, a stratovolcano in southern Chile, began erupting yesterday at 7pm local time. First spewing massive ash…