A volcano is a landform you cannot take in from its own slopes. From above the whole system appears at once: the summit crater or the far larger caldera, the gullies cut by ash and rain, the lava flows frozen in the direction they took.
Stratovolcanoes, calderas and volcanic islands, each with aerial views, photographs, video and a guide to their eruption history, monitoring and what climbing them involves.
3 Volcanoes in Mexico, each with aerial views, photos, videos and an in-depth guide.
Parícutin (or Volcán de Parícutin, also accented Paricutín) is a cinder cone volcano located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, near the city of Uruapan and about 322 kilometers (200 mi) west of Mexico City. The volcano surged suddenly from the cornfield of l…
Pico de Orizaba, also known as "Citlaltépetl" (from Nahuatl citlal(in) = star, and tepētl = mountain), is an inactive stratovolcano, the highest moun…
Popocatépetl (Spanish pronunciation: [popokaˈtepetl] (listen); Nahuatl: Popōcatepētl [popoːkaˈtepeːt͡ɬ] (listen)) is an active stratovolcano, located…