Volcanoes

Lecture notes for a course on volcanoes at the University of Massachusetts.

Excellent summaries of eruptions including Puu Oo, the latest.

Ambae (Aoba) volcano information, news, and travel.

Close-up photographs of what lava looks like after it has cooled. Taken at volcanoes in Hawaii and Indonesia.

Includes explanations of volcanology terms, along with eruption updates and pictures.

Photos of the eruption in April 2001, Sudestino and South Craters.

Photographs taken over 10 days on the volcano Etna in Sicilia before and during the eruption which started in mid-May, 2008.

Carbon dioxide gas outbursts from lakes Nyos and Monoun in Cameroon, West Africa, killed hundreds of people. A controlled degassing operation is scheduled to begin in January, 2001, for reducing the risk of future carbon dioxide suffocation.