Volcanoes Collection

Mauna Loa Volcano - Hawaiian Islands, USA Date: circa 1930s

The Geography of Iceland
The peaks of mountains and volcanoes in Iceland depicted in this fascinating postcard. Featured is the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano (just to the left of the erupting Hekla Volcano - centre left)

Krakatoa Ship Beached
The steamer Berouw is carried by a tidal wave into the jungle at Telokh-Betang, Sumatra

CONGO, Democratic Republic of the. Goma. Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008). Kivu Conflict. Nyiragongo volcano, that erupted the last time on 17th January 2008 destroying the city of Goma

Earths Central Fire
Cross-section of the globe showing the central fire, the lateral fires, and the volcanoes where the fire breaks out on the surface

Volcano Seen 1700
Volcano in the Bismarck Archipelago, off New Guinea, seen by English navigator William Dampier and his crew

Krakatoa volanic eruption, 1883
Cover of The Illustrated London News, 8th September 1883 with three pictures about the volcanic eruption of the island of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait which began on the afternoon of Sunday

The imposing massif of Les Monts-Dores, in the Auvergne region of central France - hopefully now extinct. Date: circa 1870

KRAKATOA/CORPSES 1883
The day after the eruption, a sailing vessel makes its way through a sea of floating corpses Date: 26-8 August 1883

Mitake, Japan Date: 1830s

KILAUEA, (MARCUSE)
The lake of fire in 1891, three years before the spectacular eruption of 1894. Date: 1891

MOUNT EREBUS / ANTARCTIC
Antarctic: Mount Erebus Date: 1911

TOURISTS ON VESUVIUS - 2
Tourists pushed up the side of the mountain Date: circa 1840

TOURISTS ON VESUVIUS - 1
Tourists pulled up the side of the mountain Date: circa 1840

Earths Volcanoes
Cross-section of planet Earth, showing the central fire, the lateral fires, and the volcanoes on the surface of the globe Date: 1664

St Paul Island, Indian Ocean, a former volcano
The Island of St Paul, in the Indian Ocean -- a former volcano, with the crater still visible on one side. Date: ca 1866

Looking for sulphur near a volcano. Illustration from Tractatus de Herbis, 15th c. from De Materia Medica by Dioscorides. Gothic art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. EMILIA-ROMAGNA. Modena. Estense Library

Chart by Joan Martines. Island of Sicily (1591). Miniature Painting

Bumpy Lunar Landscape
The craters of extinct volcanoes testify to the violent past of the Moon. Date: circa 1880

Hekla (volcano) and a pony train, Iceland
Pony train in front of the Hekla (stratovolcano). Date: circa 1930

Etna Crater in 1834
The crater of Mount Etna, Sicily, is continually being modified by eruptions : this is how it appears in 1834, before the massive 1869 eruption changes it again. Date: 1834

The volcano Vesuvius, 1894
Vesuvius, as seen from the bay. Date: 1894

Pompeii, Italy. The city of Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania. It was mostly destroyed and buried under ash

Oldoinyo Lengai from lake Natron, Tanzania, Africa

Lava - The top of Oldoynio Lengai Volcano / The Mountain of God. Tanzania - Africa

View of Oldoynio Lengai Volcano / The Mountain of God. from Lake Natron - Tanzania - Africa

The top of Oldoynio Lengai Volcano / The Mountain of God. Tanzania - Africa

View from the top of Oldoynio Lengai Volcano / The Mountain of God. Tanzania - Africa

Wind and rain erosion of mountains of ash - lahar - formed from fallen ash of volcano Pinatubo, erupted in 1992. Mount Pinatubo in Luzon, Philippines

A lake, formed in a crater of volcano Pinatubo (the water level gradually rises over the years), erupted in 1992. The blue colour of water is due to a high salinity

The Valle del Bove - Etna
Frontispiece to vol. 2 of Charles Lyells Principles of geology, depicting Mount Etna. View of the Valle del Bove Etna. Date: 1830

The volcanoes around Olot in Catalonia
Frontispiece to vol. 3 of Charles Lyells Principles of geology, depicting volcanoes near Olot in Catalonia. View of the volcanoes around Olot in Catalonia. Date: 1833

G Poulett Scrope
G POULETT SCROPE liberal statesman and author on subjects ranging from volcanoes to banking. Date: 1797 - 1876

JAVA LAVA
Lava and ash pouring down over a farm at the base of an erupting volcano, Java, Indonesia. Date: early 1930s

Volcano Erupting, Java
A volcano erupting in Java, Indonesia. Date: early 1930s

Molten lava - Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Sent from The Volcano House Hotel, Hawaii on the slopes of Mauna Kea Date: 1921

Bromo Volcano erupting in East Java, Indonesia. c. 1925

Vesuvius Crater
Looking down into the dormant crater of the volcano Mount Vesuvius, Italy. Date: 1960s

Nicaragua River Scene
The estuary of the Rio de las Lajas : in the distance is one of the countrys many volcanoes. Date: 1850

Vesuvius / Cones
Cones in the crater Date: 1831

Fumeroles near Naples
Fumeroles on Campi Flegrei, near Naples

Cape Egmont lighthouse, North Island, New Zealand
Cape Egmont lighthouse, with Mount Egmont (Mount Taranaki) in the background, on the west coast of North Island, New Zealand

Hekla / Iceland
Icelands most active volcano. During the Middle Ages, it was known as the Gateway to Hell

Vesuvius Circa 78
A Roman galley sails past Vesuvius, depicted before the catastrophic eruption of 79, which destroyed the cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum

Volcano - Ternate
The volcanic island of Ternate, in the Moluccas, Indonesia. The sultanate was occupied first by the Portuguese, subsequently by the Dutch

Krakatoa, after Effects 2
Three months after the major eruption, the atmosphere worldwide is affected : three views at sunset, made at 4.40, 5 and 5.15 PM show the effect of volcanic dust

Krakatoa, after Effects 1
Three months after the major eruption, the atmosphere worldwide is affected : three views at sunset, made at 4.10, 4.20 and 4.30 PM, show the effect of volcanic dust

Hekla Volcano C16
Mount Hekla, in SW Iceland, where eruptions are known since the 12th century, and two other volcanoes of the region

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