The GLM instrument saw the most lightning when the upper umbrella cloud began to move away from the volcano and revealed its smoking vent. Both the eruption and lightning then calmed down slightly ...

Dazzling bolts of volcanic lightning left viewers ... to TikTok by Georgina Eccleshall shows the moment lightning crackles above the erupting Volcan de Fuego in Guatemala on Wednesday, May 1.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano put on a dramatic display Sunday night, shooting lava fountains over 1,000 feet into the air. The ...

Now researchers in a new report have unveiled something else: the eruption set off more than 25,500 lightning events in just five minutes. Over the course of just six hours, the volcano triggered ...

At least 2,600 lightning bolts each minute were detected during peak activity, shattering rates from any other weather system, storm or volcanic eruption recorded in Earth’s history. Using the ...

Using this network and satellite imagery, Van Eaton and her team showed that lightning rates tend to peak at certain times during an eruption, offering clues to how a volcano is behaving even ...

The eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Volcano on January 15, 2022, lasted at least 11 hours and produced a record-breaking amount of lightning. The information gathered about the eruption can be used to ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A volcanic eruption in January of 2022 may have been the trigger for the most violent ...

Scientists say the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii isn't done erupting. And it's not alone: 54 eruptions have been reported in 2025.

For the first time, scientists have been able to “see” and trace lightning inside a plume of ash spewing from an actively erupting volcano. When Alaska's Mount Redoubt volcano began rumbling ...

It’s possible for volcanoes to have a short-term ... that can unload rain or produce additional lightning. Some gases from Mount Ruang’s eruptions climbed so high they punched into the ...