r/Volcanoes

The Wandan mud volcano in southern Taiwan had a minor eruption starting around 3am today at vents near the mud volcano temple.

It last erupted in July 2026 and has had numerous small eruptions in the last few years.

Video courtesy of my friend 張寶惠, the temple caretaker.

Don’t know if this is the right place to post but as the title says, I am really confused as to what these things are that were flying over Mount Etna earlier this evening. I checked for any flight traffic and there was none, and even if there was, it wouldn’t look like this?? Etna is also currently not having any ash emissions or lava, and again, it wouldn’t look like this🤨 I love watching Etna on the webcams and I actually live here to study geology and volcanoes, her included, but I’ve just never seen this before. Would love some insight if anyone knows!

Obviously, this has certainly happened throughout history, but is there a more famous or well-documented case?

Taken 10/8/26 on my flight from SeaTac to Chicago. Thought it was neat.

Mount St. Helens is an active stratovolcano located in Washington state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

Flew over yesterday.

Popocatépetl is one of the most active volcanoes in North America and the second tallest. It has been permanently erupting since **2001🌋**And it occasionally creates Strombolian eruptions with fragments of lava being ejected out of the crater, as in the image.