Volcanic lightning photos are some of the most impressive out there, in my opinion. Volcanic lightning is a striking and rare phenomenon that occurs during some volcanic eruptions. As ash, rock and ...

An image of Augustine erupting on January 13, 2006, from about 50 miles away from the volcano. Courtesy of Gerald Andrew When Mount St. Augustine in Alaska erupted in mid-January 2006 for the first ...

Volcanic lightning looks surreal: an arc of light rises from the volcanic crater, stretching out into the murky skies. Although scientists knew what caused such frightening yet beautiful phenomena, ...

People who ignored an initial warning to evacuate the area closest to a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St.

Klyuchevskoy volcano in eastern Russia began erupting shortly after a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake and several aftershocks shook the same area. "A descent of hot lava is observed on the western ...

For the second day in a row, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, erupted. The explosion launched a column of smoke and volcanic material shot up to 11 miles in the sky ...