In short, an eruption is a life-threatening spectacle.But while volcanoes may be dangerous, they are increasingly also tourist attractions, offering travellers an incomparable experience of ...

Sicily’s Mount Etna erupted on Monday, producing an enormous ash cloud “several kilometers high.” The eruption began at 11:24 ...

At the more explosive end of the scale are Plinian eruptions. These include the famous eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD, ...