Crater Lake actually started as a mountain, Mount Mazama. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. A volcanic eruption roughly 7,700 years ago caused the mountain to collapse ...

A crater on the North side of "A" Mountain is the source of a local legend. Some say it was created by a meteorite impacting the earth millions of years ago.

Shinmoedake, in the Kirishima mountain range straddling Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, erupted more intensely at 11:43 a ...

There’s a mysterious, otherworldly feel to Southern Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park. This gem-like lake, nestled high in the Cascade Range, is the deepest lake in North America — 1,943 ...

The Panther Mountain Crater The more time you spend with Yngvar Isachsen, the moe you wonder when the next killer meteorite will head our way. By Fred Guterl. Aug 1, 2000 5:00 AM Apr 18, 2023 5:52 PM.

For many centuries "A" Mountain has been at the center of Tucson history. Miss Indian Arizona helps explain why the mountain - also known as Sentinel Peak - is Absolutely Arizona.

Mount Etna eruption live: Crater still smouldering after tourists flee strongest volcanic blast in four years - Footage shared on social media shows huge clouds of black smoke after the eruption ...

Crater Trail is an unofficial feature of Rocky Mountain National Park, but it's also a well-established one, having been in place for generations. Now, however, an environmental assessment ...

A two-peaked mountain in northeastern China is the site of the world's first confirmed mountaintop crater. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

NASA's Curiosity rover may make it all the way to the top of a 3-mile-high mountain rising from Gale Crater, its landing site on Mars. But Curiosity's mission would have to last much longer than ...

The body of an experienced mountain climber, who had successfully ventured up Mount St. Helens nearly 30 times, was found inside its volcano after it’s believed he plummeted to his death. Roscoe ...

Closely spaced fractures in the bed of the Esopus Creek (left) in upstate New York helped feed Yngvar Isachsen's suspicion that a buried impact crater lay beneath Panther Mountain. He first grew ...