CHILE’S PUYEHUE VOLCANO ERUPTS

 

Photogrpah by Reuters/Air Force of Chile/Handout

 

On Saturday, a volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain of south-central Chile erupted after lying dormant for more than 50 years. The government evacuated several thousand residents as Puyehue threw ash more than 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, pushing the plume toward neighboring Argentina. Authorities had already put the area around the volcano on alert after a flurry of earthquakes earlier on Saturday — at one point, the tremors reached an average of 230 per hour.

Be sure to check The Atlantic’s In Focus for more incredible photographs of this volcanic eruption.

 

Photograph by Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images

 

Photograph by AP Photo/Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno

 

via The Atlantic’s In Focus with Alan Taylor