The world's biggest active volcano spans approximately 2,000 square miles and ascends about 13,600 feet above sea level - and ...

A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a warrior's shield lying on the ground. It is formed by the eruption of highly fluid (low viscosity) lava, which travels ...

shield volcanoes and lava domes. Their type is determined by how the lava from an eruption flows and how that flow affects the volcano, and, as a result, how it affects its surrounding environment.

Image caption, This is lava running from a shield volcano - a volcano formed where the tectonic plates move away from each other. Shield volcanoes on the other hand form at constructive tectonic ...

Its broad, gently sloping profile is a result of millions of years of fluid lava flows typical of shield volcanoes. Located ...

The U.S. Geological Survey says it has detected an increase seismic activity around Kamaʻehuakanaloa. The underwater volcano ...

Ash released from shield volcanoes often builds up around the vent forming a steep, round hill known as a cinder cone. A lava tube may also form, beneath the surface of the ground, when low ...

Its lava flows have quite literally been erupting ... unlike the gently sloping shield volcanoes, like Kilauea. Pyroclastic flows are very fast avalanches of rock, ash and gas, which can reach ...

Olympus Mons, Mars' immense shield volcano, towers 21 kilometers above its surface, dwarfing Earth's Mount Everest. Covering an area akin to Italy, it ...