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Olympus Mons

May 27, 2021June 5, 2022 milesVolcanoes

Mars, the ‘Red Planet’, is home to the largest volcano in our solar system. Olympus Mons towers over the Martian plains and is one of several volcanoes and volcanic features that can be mapped out on the surface of the…

Mt Erebus

May 27, 2021March 17, 2022 milesVolcanoes

The cold continent of Antarctica is surprisingly home to active volcanoes and one of the driest deserts on the planet. Here Tanno and Iguda’s volcano expedition touches the very bottom of the earth to see Mt Erebus. Erebus is a…

Sarychev

May 26, 2021June 5, 2022 milesVolcanoes

Russia has a surprising amount of volcanoes, and one of the most spectacular eruption images comes from a volcano called Sarychev on the the northwestern end of the island of Matua, in the Kuril Island chain. The Kuril Islands range…

Hawaii

May 24, 2021June 5, 2022 milesVolcanoes

The Hawaiian Islands form a chain of volcanic islands that range from Hawaii (the Big Island) in the east, to Niʻihau in the west. They’re found in the middle of the pacific plate. If you could drain the sea away,…

Pinatubo

May 22, 2021June 5, 2022 milesVolcanoes

The Pinatubo eruption of 1991 was one of the largest eruptions the world had seen for some 100 years. Mount Pinatubo is located on the northern Island of Luzon in the Philippines. It is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales…

Mt Fuji

May 21, 2021March 17, 2022 milesVolcanoes

Mt Fuji is Japans highest mountain and an active volcano that last erupted in 1707. It is surrounded by five lakes: Lake Kawaguchi, Lake Yamanaka, Lake Sai, Lake Motosu and Lake Shōji. Image Credit: Reflection of Mount Fuji in Lake…

PostcardsFromVolcanoes

May 21, 2021November 25, 2021 milesVolcanoes

This series of adventures for Tanno and Iguda take them all around the world on a mission from Dr Volcano. They find out all about volcanoes, eruptions, and the countries where we find volcanoes. Dr Volcano is the alterego of…

Erta Ale

May 14, 2021April 5, 2022 milesVolcanoes

Known as the oldest active lava lake on the planet, Erta Ale is a shield volcano in the Afar region of Ethiopia near the border with Eritrea. From space, you can see that the Erta Ale shield volcano stands out…

Stromboli

May 13, 2021June 5, 2022 milesVolcanoes

Stromboli is Tanno and Iguda’s first volcano visited on Earth, and it’s a real cracker. It even has a type of eruption named after it, and it’s Dr Volcano’s favourite volcano… It forms probably one of the most iconic volcano…

Friends of PostcardsFromSpace

April 5, 2021December 7, 2021 milesUncategorized

So many great people have contributed to the various PostcardsFrom… series, and many of them make great contributions in other areas of life. This page celebrates these talented folk, and gives you the opportunity to look up some of their…

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