Volcanoes

In a country as large and historically rich as Chile, it's no surprise that ghost towns abound throughout the country. Now with full Street View coverage throughout Chile, it's time to take a peek at some of these fascinating lost communities.

On July 18, 1995, the Soufrière Hills volcano on Montserrat started erupting, and has been active ever since. It has devastated the island, leaving more than half of it - including the capital Plymouth - uninhabitable.

On May 8, 1902, Martinique's Mount Pelée erupted. The lava flow from the volcano completely destroyed the town of St. Pierre, killing almost all of its 30,000 inhabitants.

It was the site of the deadliest volcanic eruption in the history of the United States, but even after two GSS visits spread over the past 7 years, it's not until now that we have a chance to revisit Mount…

The Mariana Islands are part of a great submerged mountain range that extends all the way from Guam north to Japan. While the southern Marianas are known worldwide as tourist destinations, the uninhabited northernmost islands are actually a long string of active volcanoes fed by the subduction of the Pacific Plate into the Mariana Trench, the deepest location on Earth.

Once a volcanic island centered in Japan's Kagoshima Bay, during an eruption in 1914 the Sakura-jima volcano decided to change the landscape by reaching out with massive lava flows and connecting itself to the mainland. The lava also engulfed several…