The Most Powerful Volcanic Eruptions Through History

Among Alaska’s endless glaciers, Veniaminof stands like a frozen scar — a volcano that burned through ice. Its eruption blanketed valleys in ash and shifted the course of rivers, altering ecosystems for millennia. The explosion was so immense it carved a caldera visible from space. Ancient peoples may have witnessed the sky turn to

smoke, their hunting lands transformed overnight. In the centuries that followed, the land healed, but its memory remained in stone.