Recent Volcanic Activity in Nevada, USA – Part 2

Mud Springs volcano, Aurora – Bodie volcanic field. Lava flow is andesitic. Photo courtesy NASA Earth Observatory. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=50493

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Recent Volcanic Activity in Nevada, USA – Part 1

Lunar Crater Volcanic Field from the air.  Lunar Crater itself is a maar.  Photo courtesy Hindred Settling Blog.  https://zsylvester.blogspot.com/2009/12/lunar-crater-volcanic-field-nevada.html

Tin Can Island – Niuafo’ou Caldera, Tonga

Satellite photo of Niuafo’ou Volcano. Google Maps screen capture

The Geysers of Enceladus

Geysers of Enceladus. Photo courtesy NASA JPL. https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4755

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

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/