This week flew by for various reasons, so I thought I'd at least try to end the week with a bang. I haven't run a Vulcan's View since the summer, so it seemed like it was time to take a look down on some of volcanoes from the eyes sitting in space. Some are volcanoes that are currently erupting, some haven't erupted in thousands of years, but they've all left their mark on the landscape. As always, if you want to keep up with all the activity each week, be sure to read the Smithsonian/USGS Global Volcanism Program's Weekly Volcanic Activity Report.

Here we go!

Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Part of the East African Rift system, not only is Kilimanjaro an active volcano, but it is also the host to many glaciers (which are rapidly vanishing). At the peak (both of them) of the mountain, you'll find a number of pit craters sitting within a larger caldera, along with some rift vents splaying off the main summit. Interestingly, it is unclear when the last eruption of Kilimanjaro was, however, the youthful look of the pit craters at the summit suggest that eruptions have occurred in the last few hundreds to thousands of years. Image: NASA Earth Observatory