Did you know that as many as 10 volcanoes may be erupting on Earth right this minute? It’s true. Some volcanoes can erupt for years and years at a very slow (but very dangerous) rate. Others do all their damage in a much shorter amount of time.
Over the years, some of the greatest photos ever taken of erupting volcanoes have come from space. Wired magazine has collected ten of the best, and it’s worth skipping over to their website to have a look. More than a few of them are downright incredible.
The picture you see at left is NOT one from the Wired collection. It was taken by Comet’s Curse author Dom Testa while he was vacationing in Hawaii. He woke up before sunrise to ride out by boat and watch lava flow down from a volcano and into the sea. Sounds just like your last summer vacation, right?