Mount Vesuvius seen from the ruins of Pompeii, buried in the ash flow of the eruption of AD 79, Columbus basalt lava marble and brick, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage site, Campania, Italy, Europe

October 16, 2013 - Nighttime eruption of Kliuchevskoi (Klyuchevskoy) Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Ash cloud and lava flow are produced by the activity of the snowcovered conical stratovolcano. Column of steam rises where lava flow is melting glacier.

October 15, 2013 - Nighttime eruption of Kliuchevskoi (Klyuchevskoy) Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia. Ash cloud and lava flow are produced by the activity of the snowcovered conical stratovolcano. Column of steam rises where lava flow is melting glacier.

Casa dell'Atrio Corinzio (ouse of the Corinthian Atrium), archaeological site of Herculaneum, UNESCO World Heritage Site, province of Naples, Campania region, Italy, Europe

Geyser Strokkur, geothermal area Haukadalur, Golden Circle, Southern Iceland, Iceland, Europe

Geyser Strokkur, geothermal area Haukadalur, Golden Circle, Southern Iceland, Iceland, Europe

Geysir Strokkur on a sunny autumn day, hot spring ejects fountain, high temperature area Haukadalur, Golden Circle, southern Iceland, Iceland, Europe

Pompei, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Pompei, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

The ruins of Herculaneum, a large Roman town destroyed in 79AD by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Ercolano, Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe

The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption, Northern Ireland, Bushmills, Ireland

volcanic eruption fiery column and smoke over volcano crater night shot long exposure Eyjafjallajokull April 2010 Fimmvorduhals South Iceland Iceland Europe

volcanic eruption fiery column and smoke over volcano crater night shot long exposure Eyjafjallajokull April 2010 Fimmvorduhals South Iceland Iceland Europe