Download my Volcano Earth network link or KMZ file and view it in Google Earth
Volcano Earth is a project I began back in 2017 in order to bring together as many volcano webcams and other public volcano observation data as I could into one place and display them in geographical and topographical context.
The heart of Volcano Earth is Google Earth, a powerful 3D mapping application that uses satellite images, GPS data and a myriad of other bits of geospatial wizardry in order to present the world's iconic landscapes in a way that borders on immersive.
My Volcano Earth placemarkers keyhole markup language (KML) files for Google Earth add an almost real-time window into what Earth's volcanoes are up to. Many volcano observatories around the world have made their webcam images and other data streams available for the general public to view, and a few media companies and other "citizen scientists" also have provided webcams and webicorders for the scrutiny of volcano junkies everywhere.
This means you can check in on volcanoes from Italy to Mexico to Alaska to New Zealand any time of day. The sun never sets on Volcano Earth.
My #DailyVolcamPics archives are also available as a download of Google Earth placemarkers. Coupled with my webcam placemarkers, they show off some of the best views those cameras have produced.
These images, hosted by Imgur, provide a look back at their subject volcanoes through the seasons and years, sometimes featuring lava, other times featuring sunrises or sunsets, and if we're lucky, the rare but wonderful volcainbow.
Volcano Mars was created to work in the Mars viewer included with Google Earth for desktop. While there are thousands of geological features to be explored on the red planet, Google does not make enough ado about the volcanoes. Using the Gazetteer for Planetary Nomenclature and Wikipedia as my sources, I have made a set of placemarkers focusing on Mars' volcanic features.
And believe it or not, there is one webcam in orbit over Mars. Have fun spotting the volcanoes.
The Volcano ViewMeister slideshow viewer allows you to pick the camera you want from the dropdown menu, scroll through the images with the backward and forward arrows, or put it in full automatic slideshow mode. I have also made the HTML file available for you to grab on my Download page.
If you want a more direct route to what you're looking for than Google Earth can offer, try my Google Sheets documents. I have already organized all my webcams into a Sheet, and am working on adding more Sheets for other data.
I've rounded up the best live streams from volcanoes around the world and organized them into curated playlists.
Chances are you'll find an eruption in progress somewhere, and if not, you might still get to enjoy a nice sunset, moonrise, or seasonal beauty.
Where am I? Every week, the diminutive anthropomorphic cinder cone at-large hides in a different volcano in Google Earth.
Watch a virtual flight video. Then use geographical clues to try to guess where the igneous menace is hiding. New Where Am I? challenges will be posted every #VolcanoMonday.