Io, Jupiter’s moon, is one of the most volcanically active worlds in the Solar System. It has hundreds of volcanoes and some eruptions reach some 250 miles high. That’s not 250 metres high – that’s 250 miles high. In other words, you can see some of Io’s volcanic eruptions from space. You can see them […]
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Wonderful Maori carvings at Mine Bay, Lake Taupo, New Zealand
Lake Taupo is the largest lake, by surface area, in New Zealand. It’s a freshwater lake too that sits in a caldera created by a super volcano about 27,000 years ago. There are still hot springs in the area, especially at the Horomatangi vent and the volcano is considered dormant and not extinct. These carvings […]
Volcano blowing smoke rings
It is possible but very rare – volcanoes can blow smoke rings. This footage was taken at the infamous Mount Etna in 2000. It’s a long video but we get straight to the smoke rings. You can watch as much as you like – enough to convince yourself this is no video photoshop! In Pure […]
Photograph of UFO at exploding volcano?
The erruption of the Puyehue volcano in Chile was a dramatic one. It caused air chaos and thousands of people found themselves trapped abroad or unable to fly when they wanted too. It also produced some fantastic videos and photograph. The erruption of Puyehue, although entirely natural, resulted in some alien looking photography. EriGIA007 runs […]
Chilean volcano creates alien landscape on Earth
This video shows what was once Lake Nahuel Huapi in Argentina. The eruption of the Puyehue volcano has sent an incredible volume of ash up into the air. Flights have had to be cancelled. The volcanic ash also has significant effects when it comes back down again. Lake Nahuel Huapi has a surface area of […]
Dallol: Alien landscape on Earth
These pictures are from Russian photographer Victoria Rogotneva and are intended as a fair use sample of her fantastic work. This alien landscape on Earth is actually Dallol, a volcanic explosion crater, in Ethiopia. It came into being after an erruption in 1926. The crators (or “maar” if you want to use the technical term) […]
