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title: "40 Pictures Showing the Awesome Force of Volcanoes ..."
description: "Lightning through a Volcanic Eruption; Hawaii Volcanoes National Park; Lava Flowing into the Ocean; PUYEHUE VOLCANO, CHILE; Drama; More ..."
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# 40 Pictures Showing the Awesome Force of Volcanoes ...

Volcanic eruptions are one of those things in nature that fascinate yet terrify us. The awesome force of volcanoes continues to transform the Earth's landscape and cause untold destruction. And like many of nature's forces of such power, volcanic eruptions provide us with stunning sights that leave us breathless from their beauty and terror.

## 1. Lightning through a Volcanic Eruption

![Lightning through a Volcanic Eruption](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/n0/ud/fc5pm72d_500x732.jpg)

Via [Personalized Photo Calendars, Custom Calendars ...](https://goo.gl/gjOw3L)

Stunning beauty results when a volcanic eruption meets lightning.

## 2. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

![Hawaii Volcanoes National Park](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/xb/qj/kxhl711q_600x900.jpg)

Via [Hawaii Volcanoes National Park](https://roadtrippers.com?ref=allwomenstalk.com)

Clouds of stem rise when lava hits the ocean.

## 3. Lava Flowing into the Ocean

_ Via Flowing in the Sea @ ..._

A frequent sight in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

## 4. PUYEHUE VOLCANO, CHILE

_ Via Amazing Picture of Chilean Volcano ..._

A cloud of steam and ash fills the sky. Puyehue erupted in 2011.

## 5. Drama

_ Via lava-light-galleries.smugmug.com_

There's nothing understated about a volcanic eruption.

## 6. Mt. Etna, Sicily

![Mt. Etna, Sicily](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/l1/b6/t41nye9c_600x959.jpg)

Via [Lava fountain of Mt Etna ...](https://www.flickr.com/photos/volcanoes/4742499444/lightbox/)

Mount Etna on the Italian island of Sicily is the most active volcano in Europe. This was a display she put on in 2010.

## 7. Lava Fall into Hvannargil, Iceland

![Lava Fall into Hvannargil, Iceland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/g9/i3/t1v543sc_426x640.jpg)

Via [Cứu Dữ Liệu Trần Sang](https://goo.gl/v8SyZo)

This is the sort of sight that lends to Iceland being described as the "Land of Fire and Ice" - here's the fire part.

## 8. Mayon Volcano, the Philippines

![Mayon Volcano, the Philippines](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/s5/xx/nh0hzhqg_428x640.jpg)

Via [Mayon Volcano from Bogtong](https://www.flickr.com/photos/rinajun/4635410009/)

Most active volcanoes have a plume of steam.

## 9. Sakurajima, Japan

![Sakurajima, Japan](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/z8/ej/bekbrrou_495x600.jpg)

Via [Explosion from Sakurajima volcano, Japan](https://www.flickr.com/photos/volcanoes/10090027946/)

Nature's own fireworks.

## 10. Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand

![Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ao/ql/lq4jfjty_517x800.jpg)

Via [Ruapehu ash cloud – Historic ...](https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6879/ruapehu-ash-cloud)

I learnt from Pierce Brosnan in Dante's Peak that this is called a pyroclastic cloud.

## 11. Popocatepetl, Mexico

![Popocatepetl, Mexico](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/fo/rc/c8e2dpfy_599x900.jpg)

Via [Landscape, Lifescape](https://landscapelifescape.tumblr.com/)

The most active volcano in Mexico.

## 12. Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

_ Via travelphototours.com_

Kilauea likes to regularly clear her throat.

## 13. PUYEHUE VOLCANO, CHILE

_ Via The Volcano - Most Beautiful ..._

After the ash and steam comes the fire.

## 14. Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica

![Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/r1/tq/hl13zl9m_553x850.jpg)

Via [Costa Rica Vacations & Travel ...](https://costaricaexperts.com/)

It's been estimated that Arenal used to erupt up to 40 times a day. Today she stands asleep in fertile arable lands producing some of the finest coffee in the world.

## 15. Epic

![Epic](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/rx/jh/yh94n298_427x640.jpg)

Via [Live,Love,Laugh](https://missmbb.tumblr.com/post/49012678842)

Some volcanic clouds are of biblical proportions.

## 16. Mount Etna

![Mount Etna](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/tl/n9/trdu9lve_600x796.jpg)

Via [Timeline Photos - Amazing Geologist ...](https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser)

A spectacular lava flow in its mesmerizing full glory.

## 17. Yasur Volcano, Tanna Island, Vanuatu

![Yasur Volcano, Tanna Island, Vanuatu](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ie/je/qnggdv3m_400x600.jpg)

Via [yasur_i34741m](https://www.flickr.com/photos/volcanoes/5020001926/)

Even small eruptions are spectacular.

## 18. Grimsvotn Volcano, Iceland

![Grimsvotn Volcano, Iceland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/km/ap/w0is0383_600x747.jpg)

Via [Another Icelandic eruption: Grimsvotn volcano](http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/05/another_icelandic_eruption_gri.html)

This volcano lies under the Vatnajokull glacier! Iceland truly is the Land of Fire and Ice.

## 19. Lava Scar

![Lava Scar](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/mh/iw/zwqcujxu_281x432.jpg)

Via [Aloha Friday / Hula On ...](https://www.sfgate.com/hawaii/alohafriday/article/Aloha-Friday-Hula-On-The-Edge-2583015.php)

Lava flows through wounds in the Earth - as if the Earth is bleeding.

## 20. Lava Fountain of Mt Etna, Sicily

![Lava Fountain of Mt Etna, Sicily](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/dq/hu/i9wlyyj1_438x700.jpg)

Via [moonlightrainbow.tumblr.com](https://goo.gl/qRsxJk)

Another of the incredible scenes of Mount Etna.

## 21. Krakatoa, Indonesia

![Krakatoa, Indonesia](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/pb/b6/elehq0r3_500x704.jpg)

Via [Untitled](https://www.pixoto.com/images-photography/news-and-events/world-events/18855580)

Krakatoa is a volcanic island in Indonesia which erupted in 1883. The eruption is believed to be the loudest sound in human history and was heard 3,000 miles away. The eruption blew most of the island away and caused tsunamis resulting the deaths of more than 36,000. The remaining islands/calderas are still violently active.

## 22. Mt. Kawah Ijen, Indonesia

![Mt. Kawah Ijen, Indonesia](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/u3/lw/r0pdlmfy_600x901.jpg)

Via [Spectacular blue lava flows at ...](https://gizmodo.com/spectacular-blue-lava-flows-at-this-indonesian-volcano-1498816568)

The lava glows blue in the dark due to the highly concentrated amounts of sulfuric acid.

## 23. Lava River

![Lava River](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/hu/sl/dw0lavpu_417x620.jpg)

Via [A Brave Man That Photographs ...](https://oddstuffmagazine.com/)

The flow of fire.

## 24. Mount Kilauea, Hawaii

![Mount Kilauea, Hawaii](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/up/sa/rqqoevgi_444x640.jpg)

Via [Hawaii Volcano Fire](https://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmcneal/8116398356/in/photostream)

The stunning colors of nature at work.

## 25. Nature's Phenomenon

![Nature's Phenomenon](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ek/lj/jugzim6d_470x725.jpg)

Via [Daredevil photographers brave boiling waters ...](https://goo.gl/OOiguh)

Like a firework bursting out of the ocean.

## 26. Earth's Fury

![Earth's Fury](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/km/d2/iyxmxqco_500x688.jpg)

Via [Erupting volcano Hawaii / :: ...](https://goo.gl/UwMHqU)

The fire demon that plagues the Earth.

## 27. Surreal

![Surreal](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ce/j6/owzhhje7_470x708.jpg)

Via [Daredevil photographers brave boiling waters ...](https://goo.gl/OOiguh)

Amazing shapes are formed as gloopy lava folds over previous flows.

## 28. Volcano

![Volcano](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ic/im/haia7s8o_468x699.jpg)

Via [Volcanoes](https://www.pinterest.com/wunderground/volcanoes/)

A stunning shot of an eruption from space.

## 29. Arching Fountain of Pahoehoe

![Arching Fountain of Pahoehoe](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/n5/hb/nquzt485_500x639.jpg)

Via [usapics.net](https://goo.gl/1vmpmu)

Pahoehoe is the name applied to the particular type of ribbon-like lava flows - most common on Hawaii.

## 30. Grímsvötn Volcano, Iceland

![Grímsvötn Volcano, Iceland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ki/cf/xy15l5k8_452x640.jpg)

Via [Grímsvötn 22.05.2011](https://www.flickr.com/photos/60578294@N02/5900613159/in/set-72157626989191851/)

An eruption turns the sky black.

## 31. Mount Ararat

_ Via Mount Ararat_

Mount Ararat is considered a dormant volcano - that doesn’t look very sleepy to me!

## 32. Mount Etna, Sicily

![Mount Etna, Sicily](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/y2/a1/f4241bu6_529x1000.jpg)

Via [siciliain.it](https://www.siciliain.it/etna/)

An unstoppable force (despite what Tommy Lee Jones may have done!).

## 33. Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland

![Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/qh/gx/vhmv3ew6_400x600.jpg)

Via [Day 143 - Eruption, Iceland ...](https://www.flickr.com/photos/ingolfurb/5751221741)

This is the volcano that caused all the air traffic disruption back in 2010.

## 34. Chaitén Volcano, Chile

![Chaitén Volcano, Chile](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/jx/nc/ndl1rpym_380x328.jpg)

Via [geology.com](https://geology.com/volcanoes/chaiten/)

Volcano calderas are massive. This one in Chile is 3km across.

## 35. Erta Ale, Ethiopia

![Erta Ale, Ethiopia](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/zk/b5/qjkgyarp_426x640.jpg)

Via [Danakil-Ertaale-eruption 0252](https://www.flickr.com/photos/shuttertreks/8728581011/)

Erta Ale in the Afar Depression (part of the Danakil Desert) is one of the world's continuously active volcanoes.

## 36. Tungurahua, Ecuador

![Tungurahua, Ecuador](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/fh/t3/p1tv18zy_500x750.jpg)

Via [Amazing ✈ World](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/142074563218223210/)

I'm now wondering how close photographers have to get to achieve some of the incredible photos we've been looking at.

## 37. Golden Shower

![Golden Shower](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/yg/hu/wp8noqzv_424x640.jpg)

Via [Blacksmith's fire](https://www.flickr.com/photos/tomtrippe/5562612474/)

Better than any manmade firework display.

## 38. Volcano from Space

![Volcano from Space](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/gx/oe/zhb4j3b3_600x600.jpg)

Via [theorange.co](http://theorange.co/uncategorized)

An aerial view of volcanic activity.

## 39. Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland

![Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/k5/sx/bwgi1i89_467x700.jpg)

Via [All sizes | Lava bombs ...](https://www.flickr.com/photos/fredrikholm/4601523540/sizes/z/in/photostream/)

Flying clumps of lava and rock are known as lava bombs.

## 40. TUNGURAHUA, Ecuador

![TUNGURAHUA, Ecuador](https://resize.allw.mn/1028x0/filters:format(webp)/filters:quality(70)/content/ez/ud/g1g93cwd_597x900.jpg)

Via [A Phreatic Explosion Of Guagua ...](https://fineartamerica.com/art/south+america)

Massive clouds of superheated steam occur with a phreatic explosion.

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