Eruption facts for kids

Eruption means "breaking out" (from Latin), for example:

Volcanic eruption, the flow of lava and ash from a volcano
- Plinian eruption, a type of volcanic eruption
the emerging of a tooth

Eruption can also mean:

Images for kids

Some of the eruptive structures formed during volcanic activity (counterclockwise): a Plinian eruption column, Hawaiian pahoehoe flows, and a lava arc from a Strombolian eruption
Ropey pahoehoe lava from Kilauea, Hawaiʻi
An example of the lava arcs formed during Strombolian activity. This image is of Stromboli itself.
Tavurvur in Papua New Guinea erupting
21 April 1990 eruptive column from Redoubt Volcano, as viewed to the west from the Kenai Peninsula
Lahar flows from the 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz, which totally destroyed Armero in Colombia
Herðubreið, a tuya in Iceland
Pyroclastic flows at Mayon Volcano, Philippines, 1984
The lava spine that developed after the 1902 eruption of Mount Pelée
Mount Lamington following the devastating 1951 eruption
Surtsey, erupting 13 days after breaching the water. A tuff ring surrounds the vent.
The fissure formed by the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera, an example of a fracture zone eruption