Volcanoes

Cotopaxi

Ecuador's near-perfect glaciated cone, among the world's highest active volcanoes

Eyjafjallajokull

The Icelandic volcano whose 2010 ash cloud grounded Europe

Kilauea

Hawaii's shield volcano, among the most active on Earth

Krakatoa

The Indonesian volcano whose 1883 eruption was heard across the world

Mount Etna

Europe's tallest and most restless volcano, towering over eastern Sicily

Mount Pinatubo

The Philippine volcano whose 1991 eruption cooled the entire planet

Mount St. Helens

The Cascade volcano whose 1980 blast tore off its own summit

Mount Tambora

The Indonesian volcano behind the 1816 Year Without a Summer

Mount Teide

Spain's highest peak, a volcanic giant rising from the Atlantic on Tenerife

Mount Vesuvius

The volcano that buried Pompeii, looming over the Bay of Naples

Nyiragongo

The Congolese volcano cradling one of the world's great lava lakes

Popocatepetl

Mexico's smoking mountain, a restless giant beside Mexico City

Stromboli

The Mediterranean's lighthouse, erupting almost without pause for millennia