A shield volcano is a type of volcano named for its low profile, resembling a warrior's shield lying on the ground. It is formed by the eruption of highly fluid (low viscosity) lava, which travels ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Pūhāhonu means “turtle rising for breath” in Hawaiian. It’s also considered the largest and hottest oceanic shield volcano on Earth. A shield volcano is formed of fluid lava flows. ...

This MCC image, taken on September 03, 2015 at an altitude of 6144 km with a resolution of 320 m, shows an intermediate sized shield volcano known as Tharsis Tholus. It is located in the eastern ...

Deep below the Earth's surface, magma is churning and flowing into the Axial Seamount, an underwater shield volcano about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon. As the volcano grows and tremors increase, ...

Mars shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity, including Olympus Mons, a massive shield volcano. Ceres' Ahuna Mons is a cryovolcano, erupting salty water instead of lava. Io, Jupiter's ...

Why magma flowed along a curved pathway during the 2018 eruption of a Galapagos volcano is explained by a new model. There are some large shield volcanoes in the world's oceans where the lava is ...

Although the ocean around Guadalupe Island off Baja California, Mexico is well-known as a location brimming with great white sharks, the island’s geology has been obscure for decades. To shed light on ...

The situation is "rapidly evolving," the Volcanoes National Park said. Kilauea, an active shield volcano on Hawaii's Big Island, has erupted. The Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park confirmed the news on ...