Cinder cones are a type of volcanic peak defined by a steep conical shape formed from volcanic ash and rocks emitted in a single, violent eruption. The Sunset Crater Volcano cinder cone is a ...

Why go: Some 900 years ago, a volcanic eruption spewed lava and ash that spread for miles and formed the red cinder cone known as Sunset Crater. It's perhaps the most recognizable of the 600 or so ...

The area has been relatively quiet for the last 25,000 years with three notable exceptions—the Chaos Crags eruption 1,100 years ago, the eruption of Cinder Cone in 1666, and the Lassen Peak ...

Hon said the eruption is contained entirely within the volcano’s cinder cone. The USGS said a small amount of light remained visible at night through a vent in the cone, but the channels below ...

In 2010, a volcano eruption in Iceland disrupted air travel for days across Europe. ... When a cinder cone erupts, the ground shakes as magma rises. Then, a powerful blast throws lava, ...

Scientists will tell you that Amboy Crater, a volcanic cinder cone out in the Mojave Desert, has been dormant for maybe 10,000 years, but that doesn’t take into consideration its 1959 eruption ...