Crater and Lava Lake. Nyiragongo's most unique feature is its enormous summit crater. It is 2,600 feet deep, or nearly half a mile. As ...

The Nyiragongo volcano saw its last major eruption in 2002. When it's not erupting, it's home to the world's largest lava lake. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook ...

The lava lake at the summit of Mount Nyiragongo has been the largest on Earth at several points during its ongoing eruption. This photo was taken in March 2018. (Image credit: ...

Congo's Mount Nyiragongo Volcano Erupts, Sending Lava For Miles The volcano, which had not erupted in nearly two decades, caused thousands to flee, many across the border to Rwanda. But the lava ...

Heralded by fiery lava fountains and plumes of poisonous gas, a new lava lake has appeared atop one of Africa's most active volcanoes for the first time in 75 years. IE 11 is not supported.

Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is among the world's most active volcanoes, with a persistent lava lake as one of its defining features. In a talk at the 2018 SSA Annual Meeting ...

Mount Nyiragongo just erupted—here's why it's one of Africa's most dangerous volcanoes. Lava from the recent eruption stopped just short of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

QUICK FACTS. Where is it? Mount Nyamuragira and Mount Nyiragongo, Congo [-1.46079851, 29.22711414]What's in the photo? Infrared images of lava lakes that emerged during simultaneous volcanic eruptions ...

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 ...

The new lava lake is at the bottom of a 1,650-foot-deep (500 meters) crater left behind by that flood. [Photos: The World's Five Most Active Volcanoes]Volcano vigilance. Scientists have ...

The lava lake at the summit of Mount Nyiragongo has been the largest on Earth at several points during its ongoing eruption. This photo was taken in March 2018.