With no warning whatsoever, the Calbuco volcano in Southern Chile experienced a massive Earth Day eruption that is still ongoing, ending more than four decades of dormancy.
The images are beautiful/startling/and horrific all at the same time.
Here’s what it looks like right now!
New Night Pics of Erupting #CalbucoVolcano #Chile #Calbuco #VolcanCalbuco pic.twitter.com/hyE4V6ZkHc
— Chile’s Atheist (@lalodagach) April 23, 2015
Here’s a shot from earlier:
#Calbuco pic.twitter.com/fRxlbcCz2Z — GinethVitola (@GinethVitola_) April 23, 2015
See the moment #Calbuco volcano ERUPTS blasting ash into the air http://t.co/eL5uN83sLg pic.twitter.com/yX0gL1b48d
— Ruptly (@Ruptly) April 23, 2015
Life Under Ash:
Ash from #Calbuco falling on Bariloche, a ski town on the Chile-Argentina border, via @TVjosephs: pic.twitter.com/Dit6X6DW6i — WeatherNation (@WeatherNation) April 23, 2015
Here’s the eruption just after it began:
Earliest shot of the eruption we’ve found thus far.
Ahora en #puertomontt. Volcan calbuco??? Gigantesca humareda!!! @biobio @Emol @reddeemergencia pic.twitter.com/A6ums6NpEV
— Gata Con Tacos (@TaconesGatunos) April 22, 2015
Calbuco for the last 40 years:
Locations of surrounding populations:
Map showing the distances of local populations to #Calbuco #volcano #VolcánCalbuco via @arielspanosc pic.twitter.com/OhHuFG4AT6
— Janine Krippner (@janinekrippner) April 22, 2015
