Hawaii’s eruptions over the past several decades have been relatively benign, being characterized mostly by persistent lava lake activity or lava flows and occasional episodes of lava fountaining.

Volcanologists are gaining a better understanding of what's going on inside the magma reservoir that lies below New Zealand's Mount Tarawera volcano. They're finding a colder, more solid place than ...

Mount Tarawera, New Zealand. An eruption 700 years ago created these lava domes, and brought to the surface zircon crystals that reveal the history of changes in the magma chamber below. Understanding ...

Vegetation succession on Mt Tarawera, Rotorua, New Zealand, a recently erupted volcano, was studied. Field data from 70 plots were collected and analysed by a clustering algorithm. The plots formed an ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Polynesia -- New Zealand Islands -- ...

In 1886, New Zealand’s Mount Tarawera blew its top, the explosion taking with it the nearby Lake Rotomahana, along with the Pink and White Terraces, a series of quartz geothermal pools that once stair ...

Ever since the deadly eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886, New Zealand has invested heavily in a sophisticated warning system - all in an effort to prevent another major tragedy. The Art of Sausage ...

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Crystals from rocks expelled in earlier eruptions reveal past conditions in magma Magma is usually cold and solid, process of melting before eruption is relatively short Could ultimately help forecast ...