This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among Africa's ...

One of the most active volcanoes in this continent is Mount Nyiragongo located in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Nyiragongo is a stratovolcano that is part of the Virunga Mountains, a chain of ...

Despite what the movies tell you, very few of the Earth's 1,500 potentially active volcanoes actually contain bubbling pools of lava. These lava lakes are so rare that before Wednesday only seven were ...

Flowing lava from the volcanic eruption of Mount Nyiragongo, which occurred late on May 22, 2021, is seen in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 23, 2021. [Reuters] Haunted by memories of ...

Satellite imagery capturing a mysterious thermal anomaly on top of an unexplored volcano at the ends of the Earth sparked excitement among scientists in 2018. Due to the island's remote location and ...

Last major eruption: An eruption in 2002 produced fast-moving lava flows and is still going today. Reasons to worry: Nyiragongo, like Merapi, has the characteristic steep sides of a stratovolcano.

Located near the equator in central Africa, the Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo volcanoes are often obscured from satellite view by clouds. But on February 9, 2015, clear skies afforded an unobstructed ...