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Striking displays of clouds which are mostly only seen in the summer months have been appearing in the skies over Northern ...
Pliny the Younger described the ground shaking as Mount Vesuvius exploded in fury. That eruption devastated Pompeii.
The December 18 explosion is the region’s fourth in three years—and has fired out 10 times more lava per second than any of the past three at their peaks. Here's what happens next.
Ash and dust covered the roads and roofs of residential areas around Indonesia's Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano on Wednesday (June 18) after it erupted a day earlier and sent an ash plume of over 6 ...
Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano sent a plume of ash over six miles into the sky a day after it erupted, covering ...
NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above some clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall ...
A recent satellite photo captured a giant comma-shaped cloud of "Saharan dust" being blown above the Atlantic Ocean. The hazy ...
Volcanic ash and dust are also released high in the atmosphere, injecting aerosols where clouds typically form. ... "We show that volcanic ash particles can trigger ice cloud formation by acting as ...
Water-ice clouds are crucial to the planet’s weather engine: they influence surface temperatures, control how dust is lofted, and may even seed local snowfalls. Understanding their rhythm improves ...
NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has captured a stunning picture of a 20-kilometer-high volcano, peeping through the clouds on the Red Planet. The image captured from the upper atmosphere at dawn ...
NASA ’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter has captured a breathtaking new view of the massive volcano Arsia Mons rising through morning ice clouds, offering a rare astronaut-like glimpse of the Martian ...