Surrounded by no less than twelve sparkling glaciers, Mount Hood is in fact a dormant volcano, its last eruption in the 1780s. Fortunately, Mount Hood is no longer erupting and is a must-visit ...

making it the second-highest peak in Washington State. It is known for its symmetrical appearance and less frequent eruptions. Mount Hood: Mount Hood stands at 11,240 ft., making it the highest ...

And, perhaps just as interesting, the answer for Everest’s growth is down at ground level — specifically the Arun River north ...

On the slopes of Mount Hood, six explorers set off in a line up the Sandy Glacier. Eddy Cartaya pulls ahead of the group, a stony expression on his face. He’s wearing a white helmet with his ...

The active Mount Sakurajima volcano in Kagoshima erupted ... According to the Kagoshima Meteorological Office and other sources, the eruption at around 6:33 p.m. occurred at a vent atop the ...

A teenager when he began scuba diving in the shadow of Mount St. Helens, he remembers the lake as it was before the May 1980 eruption, before the top 1,300 feet of the volcano—more than three ...

Historians have long believed that Mount Vesuvius erupted on 24 August ... Historians have been able to date the eruption of Vesuvius with apparent certainty thanks to ancient writings that ...

Lava started to burst through a crack in Mount Fagradalsfjall on Friday evening, in the first eruption of its kind in more than 800 years. The site was initially blocked off, but from Saturday ...

On clear days, you can see snowy Mount Hood, the highest mountain in Oregon (at 11,239 feet), from Portland. Mount Hood is the region's prime skiing area, with numerous powdery downhill and cross ...

Night - Mostly clear. Winds variable at 5 to 6 mph (8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 59 °F (15 °C). Cloudy with a high of 67 °F (19.4 °C) and a 75% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

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The greater Tokyo metropolitan area would effectively cease to function within hours of a full-scale eruption of Mount Fuji, according to the first government simulation of such an event in the ...