Volcanoes like Mount St. Helens also often release pyroclastic flows, which are avalanches of hot rock, gas and ash that spill down the slopes at more than 200 mph (320 km/h). Pyroclastic flows ...

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Along the eastern shore of Hudson Bay in Canada's northeastern province of Quebec, near the Inuit municipality of Inukjuak, ...

Additionally, depending on rock type, lava's temperature ranges. According to Oregon State University, these are the temperatures of common lava types: Rhyolitic lava: 1292 to 1652 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Think about what it is: glowing red molten rock being shot into the sky, potentially hundreds or thousands of feet. As ubiquitous and dramatic as lava fountains might be, they are also not well ...

We now know that Beacon Rock was a cinder cone volcano that grew here inside of the gorge 57,000 years ago during the Ice Age. And yet, when you climb to the top of Beacon Rock, there are no ...