Images from the Observatories

Images record volcanic activity and provide a basis for comparison. Each observatory collects and archives their own images. Below is a list of image archives on the observatory sites.

• The AVO image database includes images of Alaskan volcanoes and Alaska research. It is searchable by keywords.


• The California Volcano Observatory image gallery includes pictures of the volcanically active areas of California and Nevada.


• The CVO photo archives page includes links to all Cascade volcanoes lots of great images of the Mount St. Helens eruptions.



• HVO Kilauea images.


• Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO) image gallery.


• Yellowstone aerial photography taken by a camera attached to a helium-filled balloon in September 2005.