Mauna Loa in Hawaii is an example of a shield volcano. I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius. A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust, which allows hot magma ...

The forecast calls for snow at the highest summits of the Big Island, where snow occurs several times per year, especially ...

I’m in Italy visiting a very famous volcano called Mount Vesuvius ... Some volcanoes, like Mauna Loa in Hawaii are caused by hot spots in the Earth’s crust. These do not erupt violently ...

Imagine standing at the rim of a vast caldera, the earth beneath your feet formed by unimaginable forces millions of years ...

Volcanoes National Park has sprung to the national consciousness recently as Mt. Kilauea has begun erupting with some regularity. Kilauea and Mauna Loa, which is also located within the park ...

Mauna Kea, a volcano on the Big Island with sub-Arctic climate, sometimes sees blizzards, ice, and snow, mainly in the winter. Its fellow peak Mauna Loa also sees similar cold conditions.

In southern California, it's only 160 kilometres from LA - where you can surf, swim or swagger at Malibu or Huntington - to Big Bear ski resort. Less well-known are Morocco (surf at Taghazout, ski at ...