Nyiragongo and Nyamuragira Volcanoes, Congo

Satellite photo of adjoining volcanic fields, Goma and Lake Kivu. Photo courtesy Photovolcanica. http://www.photovolcanica.com/VolcanoInfo/Nyiragongo/Nyiragongo.html

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The Ontong Java Plateau – Large Igneous Province

Google screen capture of Solomon Islands. Ontong Java atoll is the darker blue boot shaped island just right of the upper center of the capture. The Ontong Java Plateau (OJP) is the lighter blue shaded portion of the capture north of the Solomon Island arc.

The Michoacán – Guanajuato Volcanic Field, Mexico

Paricutin volcano, lava flow and buried church. http://www.amusingplanet.com/2014/08/paricutin-volcano-that-grew-out-of.html

The 2018 Eruption Sequence at Mayon, Philippines

Mayon in eruption Jan 23. Photo courtesy Philstar Global. http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/01/24/1780930/mayon-volcano-spreads-lava-3-kilometers-crater

Recent Volcanic Activity in SW Utah

Simplified map of volcanic fields in the western US that have been active during the Quaternary. http://geosphere.geoscienceworld.org/content/13/2/391/figures-only

An Introduction to Lunar Volcanic Activity

Small lunar dome. The crater on the top is an impact crater. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/12/12/tiny-lunar-volcanoes/

Bering Sea Basalt Province

Bering Sea volcanic province. Screen capture from Winer, et al.

Antarctica 4 – Volcanoes of the Ross Sea and Victoria Land

Three volcanic provinces around the Ross Sea and Victoria Land https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/glaciovolcanism-on-earth-and-mars/distribution-of-glaciovolcanism-on-earth/DF17E49CBB1689B45D41062469A9F9A1

Mount Ararat, the Biblical Mountain

Mount Ararat. Greater Ararat is on the right. Lesser Ararat is on the left. https://www.pinterest.com/arminepan/mount-ararat/

Antarctica 3 – The Volcanoes of Marie Byrd Land

Map of West Antarctica showing Marie Byrd Land, Ellsworth Land http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2014/12/05/ice-loss-in-west-antarctic-is-speeding-up/