Choosing the right volcanic crater is essential for a successful hike. Consider the difficulty level, accessibility, and ...

The resulting cinder cone stands 1,000 feet tall. The Sinagua (Ancestral Puebloan) people, who inhabited the area, were forced to relocate as the eruption completely destroyed their farmlands and ...

Where would you rather get married? Among the roses or the redwoods? How about at the top of an extinct volcanic cinder cone? Portland’s parks remain some of the most popular wedding venues in ...

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 ...

PORTLAND — One of the largest manufacturers of formaldehyde in the nation and the company owner have been indicted on charges of dumping hazardous waste in a volcanic cinder cone in Oregon ...

While a textbook cinder cone is steep, cone-shaped and has a summit crater where the erupted cinders piled up around the vent, some cones in the monument, such as Inferno Cone and Broken Top, are ...

MOSCOW, Idaho - A study led by the University of Idaho has uncovered the first evidence of a volcanic spatter cone on Mars. According to a press release from the University of Idaho, Ian Flynn, a ...

In 1891, America’s first Chief Geologist, G.K. Gilbert — working for J.W. Powell, of Grand Canyon fame — rode his horse through the forests of the San Francisco Peaks. He ...

MOSCOW, Idaho -- The University of Idaho announced Thursday that postdoctoral researcher, Ian T.W. Flynn found what looks to be a spatter cone of volcanic matter on Mars.

The blaze continued its run through dry grass and scattered Ponderosa pines around homes into volcanic cinder fields, where roots underground can combust and send small rocks flying into the air ...