Gallery: Erebus Volcano's Amazing Lava Lake

Mount Terror

Mount Terror

(Image credit: Tehnuka Ilanko)

Mount Terror, an extinct volcano next to Erebus on Ross Island in Antarctica.

Becky Oskin
Contributing Writer
Becky Oskin covers Earth science, climate change and space, as well as general science topics. Becky was a science reporter at Live Science and The Pasadena Star-News; she has freelanced for New Scientist and the American Institute of Physics. She earned a master's degree in geology from Caltech, a bachelor's degree from Washington State University, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz.