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A volcano is an opening in a planet's surface which allows hot, molten rock, ash and gases to escape from below the surface. Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of rock tends to form mountains over a period of time.

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• Activity Report (Weekly)

  http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/usgs/index.cfm
  Data on new activity and unrest, and ongoing activity at volcanoes throughout the world.

• Colima's Active Volcano

  http://www.gomanzanillo.com/old_articles/volcano/
  Photographs and information on this active volcano in Mexico.

• Decade Volcano -- Santorini Greece

  http://www.decadevolcano.net/
  Information, photos, links and travel to Santorini, Stromboli, and other active volcanoes.

• Eruptions of Mount St. Helens

  http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/msh/
  Online version of a United States Geological Survey brochure on the history and geology of eruptions at Mount St. Helens.

• Explorevolcanoes.com

  http://www.explorevolcanoes.com/
  Guide to the world's best known and most accessible volcanoes. Each volcanic areas geology is accompanied by an eruptive history, walks and excursions. Includes an educational volcanic geology section.

• Five College Volcanology

  http://www.geo.umass.edu/courses/volcanology/
  Lecture notes for a course on volcanoes at the University of Massachusetts.

• Hawaiian and Other Volcanoes

  http://www.volcanoupdate.com/
  Eclectic site focused on Hawaiian volcanoes with links and cams to other volcanoes worldwide.

• Katla Volcano News

  http://www.katla-volcano.co.uk/
  Provides news of this volcano in Iceland, views, warnings and resources.

• Links to Volcano Information

  http://volcanoes.ca/index.html
  Excellent data on Latin American volcanoes, professors of volcanology, volcano observatories, and Canadian volcanoes.

• Michigan Technological University Volcanoes

  http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/
  Provides information about volcanic hazard mitigation.

• Mount St. Helens

  http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2000/fs036-00/
  Fact sheet of Mount St. Helens volcanic activity 1980 to 2000.

• Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument

  http://www.fs.usda.gov/mountsthelens
  General visitor information, photo gallery, monument attractions, volcano-cam, seismographic data and resource center links.

• Physical Volcanology

  http://vulcan.fis.uniroma3.it/
  The volcanoes of southern Italy

• Russia's Volcanoes

  http://www.kamchatka.org.ru/volcano.html
  Guide to volcanoes of Kamchatka with images.

• Stromboli Volcano

  http://web.tiscali.it/stromboli_s.ballaro/
  Data on Stromboli Volcano in Italian.

• The Lost World: Records in the Rocks

  http://www.bigvolcano.com.au/natural/lostwrld.htm
  Description of the complex geology of the Tweed Volcano in Australia, probably the largest, most easily accessible, erosion caldera in the world.

• Time: Etna

  http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,2052464,00.html
  Photographs as Europe's most active volcano comes back to life.

• U.S. Geological Survey, Volcano Hazards Program

  http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/
  Monitors volcanoes and collects scientific information on volcanoes in the United States and elsewhere to reduce the risk from volcanic activity.

• Virtually Hawaii

  http://satftp.soest.hawaii.edu/space/hawaii/
  Hawaii satellite images, Virtual field trips and flights past the volcanoes.

• Volcano Live

  http://www.volcanolive.com/
  Provides information about volcanoes, eruption, and volcano treks, and links to other volcano educational sites. Includes links to volcano-cams.

• Volcano World

  http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/
  Brings modern and near real-time volcano information.

• Volcanoes

  http://www.volcanoes.de/
  Provides the latest news on activity and some videos of eruptions.

• Volcanoes and Volcanism

  http://www.vulkaner.no/v/
  Comprehensive site with news about latest activity in English, German, and Norwegian.

• Volcanoes of the United States

  http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volcus/
  Detailed information about US volcanoes by Steven R. Brantley of the U.S. Geological Survey.

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