The taal volcano in the philippines woke from a 43 year long slumber last week and a satellite captured the entire event from space.
40+ Volcano Eruption From Space
Pics. When a volcano erupts, the magma becomes lava and shoots into the air, eventually running down the side of the volcano. Tambora, one of the tallest peaks in the indonesian archipelago.
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Cleveland volcano, located in the aleutian islands southwest of alaska, releases a plume of ash that rises almost 20,000 feet above the north pacific ocean in this aerial photograph. The raikoke volcano, dormant for a very long time, has awoken from its slumber. Volcanoes are commonly believed to be the causes of catastrophes and destruction.
Some are named for particular volcanoes where the type of eruption is common;
Explosive eruption rocks hawaii's kilauea volcano summit thursday. The volcano is located just east of jakarta, indonesia in the sundra strait between the islands of java and sumatra. Volcanoes generally acquire shape of a mountain. Scientists said the ash could have reached an altitude of 8 to 10 miles.