By WEATHER WORLD on Jun 13, 2011, at 1:00 PM Updated on 7/07 at 12:47 PM
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These are absolutely amazing, if not terrifying, photos of the aftermath of a Chilean volcano eruption that caused thousands of evacuations.
At left, a column of smoke and volcanic lightning are seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile on June 5. FRANCISCO NEGRONI/AP Photo/AgenciaUno
Here are some larger images:
In this AP photo by Francisco Negroni, volcanic lightning on June 5 over the Puyehue volcano, which is more than 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile. According to the Associated Press, ash from the eruption spread across the Pacific, suspending flights in Australia and New Zealand. The volcano activity has diminished, but is still a threat for deadly landslides containing rocks and ash thrown from the volcano.
Here in another AP photo by Francisco Negroni, this one from June 6, the volcano is calm two days after the eruption. About 4,000 Chileans have been evacuated as of Sunday since the volcano began erupting June 4, the Associated Press reports.
Chile has more than 3,000 volcanoes along its Andean spine, and 500 of these are considered geologically active. About 60 of these have erupted in the past 450 years, according to the Associated Press.
You can view other weather photos from around the world
here and I'll be back with more lightning photos on Friday.
-Althea Peterson
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