In photos taken after the eruption (see above), the damage to the dome is readily apparent. What was once a growing dome was reduced into a ~1 kilometer wide crater. The crater is still vigorously ...

Lava domes -- or volcanic domes -- vary in size and shape. They can reach up to 1,640 feet high, but typically stay within ranges of 30 to 320 feet, according to the USGS. They're also pretty common.

Lava domes form at the top of many volcanoes when viscous lava erupts. When they become unstable, they can collapse and cause a hazard. An international team of researchers has analyzed summit ...

Lava domes — or volcanic domes — vary in size and shape. They can reach up to 1,640 feet high, but typically stay within ranges of 30 to 320 feet, according to the USGS.

Why a Volcano Has Erupted Almost Every Hour for 94 Years. The Santiaguito lava dome under Guatemala’s Santa Maria Volcano is one of the most regular erupting features in the world.

Kilauea Volcano’s 20th episode of lava fountaining to begin soon. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Wed, May 7, 2025 at 4:01 AM UTC. 2 min read. ... including lava dome fountaining.

A lava dome fountain blurbled in the Halema'uma'u crater at the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii in early January 2021.

The eruption of Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano has become a “dome fountain,” as the volcano has begun to drown in its own lava lake.

Venus is home to some of the weirdest volcanoes in the solar system—massive, flattened domes that look like planetary pancakes left to cool on the world’s blistering surface. Scientists have ...

After more than a day of low-level eruption, lava fountaining returned to the Kilauea volcano summit caldera this evening. The U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said that at ...