Sint Eustatius and Saba Islands, Lesser Antilles

Looking to the south along Sint Eustatius Island.  Older volcanics are in the foreground.  The Quill is on the southern end of the island.  Neighboring St Kitts and Mt Liamuiga is visible across the neighboring strait to the south.

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Paluweh Volcano, Indonesia

Satellite view of Paluweh volcano Sept 4, 2013 following deadly pyroclastic flow of Aug 10.  Image courtesy NASA Earth Observatory

Nevado de Toluca, Mexico

Nevado de Toluca from surrounding valley.  Image courtesy Ricardo Guaderrama Caraveo, via Medium.com, 2018

Mount Longonot, Kenya

Mount Longonot most recent caldera (pit crater) with line of pyroclastic craters down flank fissure on the north.  Massive lava flow on the flank visible on the lower left of the photo.  Image courtesy Lonely Planet

The Sept 27, 2014 Phreatic Eruption of Mount Ontake, Japan

Ontake shortly after phreatic eruption on Sept 27.  Photo courtesy EOS.org, 2017

Gunung Awu, Sangihe Island, Indonesia

Mount Awu from a local village. May be Tahuna. Image courtesy Volcanomapping blog

Introduction to Volcanic activity on Mercury

Perspective view looking NW over the Caloris Basin. Pantheon Fossae, radial dike swarm in the foreground. The Impact crater just offset to the right of the swarm is 41 km in diameter. Red and white are higher topography; blues are lower. Total vertical difference is 4 km. Image courtesy NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU / APL) / Carnegie Institution of Washington/Goddard Space Flight Center

The Atitlan Caldera System, Guatemala

Volcan Toliman (center right), Atitlan (far right) from Volcan San Pedro (foreground). Note cinder cone on northern flank of Toliman. Lake Atitlan in the foreground and to the left of the photo. Heavily vegetated lava flows on the near flanks and north facing flanks of Toliman. Village in the center foreground. North is to the left of the photo. Lake Atitlan fills about half the Atitlan III caldera. Image courtesy DIY Travel HQ

 

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Makushin Volcano, Alaska. The 9th Most Dangerous Volcano in the US?

Active fumaroles on Makushin Volcano from Dutch Harbor July 2018. Photo courtesy Abi Woodbridge, via AVO

June 22 Eruption at Raikoke, Kuril Islands

 

NASA ISS photo of Raikoke in eruption taken June 22. Active plume with water vapor collar at the base. Water vapor collar at the base may be due to ambient air sucked upwards with the plume. Alternately, it may be due to interaction of pyroclastic flows with surrounding sea water. Image courtesy NASA Earth Observatory.