Amazing Satellite Images Of Volcanoes!

6. The wonderfully symmetrical, perpetually snowcapped cone of Mount Fuji is probably one of Japan’s best known sights. Located just west of Tokyo, the active volcano has erupted 16 times in recorded history, the last being around 300 years ago in 1707/8.



7. Mount Merapi on the Indonesian island of java has erupted several times over the past century with devastating results. Hundreds of small villages sit at the foothills of the volcano and one of Java’s largest cities, Yogyakarta is just 18 miles away. The worst eruption was in 1930 when over 1,000 people died.



8. Mount Egmont in New Zealand last erupted in 1755 and is now protected territory within Egmont National Park where regulations have ensured survival of the surrounding forest up to a radius of 9.5km from the volcano’s summit.



9. Typical of many Pacific Rim islands, Bouganville, part of the Solomon Islands, is host to three large volcanoes – Mount Balbi, Mount Bagana and the Mount Takuan volcanic complex. Mount Bagana in the only active volcano.



10. Lying between Java and Sumatra, Anak Krakatau is a turbulent volcano with a consistent eruption history. It was created following the eruption of neighboring Krakatau, a volcano that exploded in 1883 and is still the biggest recorded bang in history. Anak Krakatau means child of Krakatau and has been growing in size since 1927. This image was taken during the eruption of 2005; loud booms where heard up to 25 miles (40km) away.



African & American Volcanoes
This incredible image shows extensive lava fields in the Saudi Arabian desert known as, Harrat Khaybar. Following eruptions throughout a 100km area and over a period of 5million years this volcanic field is reminiscent of some of the lunar landscapes we are more familiar with.



Situated on the central Aleutian Islands of Alaska, Mount Cleveland is a currently erupting volcano. This image was taken in May 2006 by Jeffery Williams aboard the International Space Station. He was the first to observe the eruption, even before the Alaska Volcano Observatory.



Nyamuragira volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo last erupted in November 2006 and is classed as one of the world’s most active, erupting every few years.



Mount St Helens in Washington State, in the far northwest of the US, last erupted in 1980 killing 57 people and covering almost 230 square miles of the surrounding area in pyroclastic flow.