For a few days in 1959, the cast of “Journey to the Center of the Earth” assembled near Amboy where the cinder cone was called upon to display its cinematic versatility.

The Amboy Crater is a Route 66 icon. Situated in the Mojave Desert, this crater is a geometrical wonder — as it was formed in ...

Discover more about Turkmenistan’s ‘Gates of Hell’ – the fiery pit attracting both tourists and national concern For more than half a century, an inferno has raged in the heart of Turkmenistan’s ...

Moonrise and Earth’s shadow looking east from the crater’s rim. The red-and-black volcanic cinder cone, located in Arizona’s Painted Desert, last erupted around 900 years ago. Michelle ...

From its perch in the foothills of the 3.4-mile-high mountain, you can see over an expanse of plains, called Aeolis Palus, and beyond that the hilly walls of Gale Crater. In the foreground, Martian ...

Based on that picture, it’s pretty clear why they call it Utah’s “belly button.” But behind that cute nickname is an ancient ...

Located in Turkmenistan’s Karakum desert, the Darvaza crater is a massive man-made sinkhole that has been burning methane gas for decades. It has been said that it was intentionally set alight ...