This striking, false-color satellite image shows the intense heat coming from a pair of lava lakes that emerged on simultaneously erupting volcanoes in Congo. The neighboring peaks are among Africa's ...

Located near the equator in central Africa, the Nyamuragira and Nyiragongo volcanoes are often obscured from satellite view by clouds. But on February 9, 2015, clear skies afforded an unobstructed ...

Last major eruption: An eruption in 2002 produced fast-moving lava flows and is still going today. Reasons to worry: Nyiragongo, like Merapi, has the characteristic steep sides of a stratovolcano.