Volcanic lightning photos are some of the most impressive out there, in my opinion. Volcanic lightning is a striking and rare phenomenon that occurs during some volcanic eruptions. As ash, rock and ...

An image of Augustine erupting on January 13, 2006, from about 50 miles away from the volcano. Courtesy of Gerald Andrew When Mount St. Augustine in Alaska erupted in mid-January 2006 for the first ...

Physicists have solved a longstanding mystery around the process that creates volcanic lightning: when similar particles rub together, why do some become positively charged while others become ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this photo released by Geological Agency (Badan Geologi) of the Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, lightning ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spewed a column of molten ash topped with volcanic lighnting into the Flores' night sky - Copyright Indonesia's Geological Agency/AFP - Mount ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Mt. Lewotobi Laki-Laki, one of Indonesia’s most active volcanoes, erupted for a second consecutive day, sending a column of volcanic material and ash as much as 11 miles into the ...

In this photo released by Geological Agency (Badan Geologi) of the Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, lightning strikes as Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews volcanic material during an ...

An Indonesian volcano spewed a 10-kilometre (6.2-miles) molten plume of ash topped by lightning into the Friday night sky, weeks after another huge eruption triggered dozens of flight cancellations in ...