Volcanoes

NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Volcanoes
Like tendrils on a vine, lava spreads out from the northern crater of Krasheninnikov, a volcano pair on the Pacific coast of Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. On July 30, 2025, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake had struck in the nearby ocean, apparently jolting one of the two volcanoes awake. A few days later, for the first time in […]
Posted September 24, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
Volcanoes
A powerful eruption from the Indonesian volcano lofted ash into the atmosphere, disrupting thousands of flights and degrading air quality.
Posted September 9, 2026
Clouds
Earth Observatory
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Landsat 9
Volcanoes
With austral winter nearing its end, clouds cleared for a satellite view of volcanic activity in the remote South Atlantic.
Posted September 7, 2026
Earth Observatory
International Space Station (ISS)
Volcanoes
Wildfires
From the International Space Station, astronauts photographed Mount Hood and Mount Rainier as wildfire smoke spread across the Pacific Northwest in summer 2026.
Posted August 13, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 9
Volcanoes
The volcano on Indonesia’s Halmahera Island routinely ejects ash, volcanic gases, and volcanic bombs.
Posted May 27, 2026
Earth Observatory
Volcanoes
Satellite imagery shows a surge of new volcanic activity in the ocean near Papua New Guinea.
Posted May 21, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 9
Snow
Volcanoes
Near-constant activity continues on the volcano in Russia.
Posted May 6, 2026
Earth Observatory
Human Dimensions
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Topography
Volcanoes
From a geothermal hotspot to the one-time “Lighthouse of the Pacific,” the heat is on beneath the volcanic landscape of western El Salvador.
Posted May 5, 2026
Earth Observatory
Landsat 8 / LDCM (Landsat Data Continuity Mission)
Volcanoes
The tadpole-shaped islands along the Absheron Peninsula were born by explosive mud volcano eruptions and reshaped by erosion.
Posted April 21, 2026
Earth
Earth Observatory
Landsat 9
Natural Disasters
Volcanoes
The February 2026 eruption at Piton de la Fournaise has lasted longer and produced a larger volume of lava than recent eruptions from this frequently active volcano.
Posted April 2, 2026
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