1.2 million years ago: A major volcanic explosion forms a caldera in what is now the Jemez Mountains as the earth around the volcano collapses into the drained magma chamber. Over the next million ...

Lake Coatepeque is a stunning blue body of water nestled within an ancient volcanic caldera in El Salvador.

This stunning astronaut photo shows the natural beauty of Japan's Aso Caldera — a giant crater-like bowl containing 17 different volcanoes, leftover from major eruptions spanning over 200,000 years.

Filipina geologist Jenny Anne Barretto's social media post correcting fake claims about the Apolaki Caldera. Following a series of earthquakes in the Philippines one week ago, an AI-generated image of ...

A breathtaking astronaut photo reveals El Salvador’s Lake Coatepeque—an ancient volcanic crater lake that sometimes ...

The Yellowstone Caldera, a volcanically active region under and around Yellowstone National Park, has long been the subject of research, speculation and science fiction regarding the possibility of a ...

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One of the most deadly and dangerous volcano hazards isn’t lava. Mudflows called lahars can come without clear warning.