If Axial Seamount does blow, it won't pose any threat human communities, experts say. It's too deep and too far from shore for people to even notice when it erupts, and it has no impact on seismic ...

This video clip comes from a live camera showing 14-foot tall actively venting hot spring deposit called "Mushroom" located within the ASHES vent field on Axial Seamount in the Pacific Ocean.

While there's no guarantee that the Axial Seamount is about to imminently erupt, cameras are in place just in case. And you can have a front-row seat to the action from the comfort of your own home.

We're only halfway through 2025, and volcanoes have already been making headlines as 54 eruptions including Mount Etna in Italy have already taken place. But there are some bigger potential eruptions ...

“Axial Seamount has suddenly woken up!,” said the abstract to a talk given by William Chadwick, a geophysicist at Oregon State University, in December 2024.