The eruption of the Puyehue volcano: a spectacular and terrifying

Last Saturday woke up to a beautiful volcano Puyehue who slept more than 50 years. The volcano is a mountainous ridge Cauie the Border, which is located in the Andes, 800 km South of the Chilean capital of Santiago.

The authorities were forced to evacuate 3 500 local inhabitants and declare the maximum — "red" — the level of threat, and in neighboring Argentina partially suspended air service.

Spectacular photos of the eruption of the volcano Puyehue.

The Puyehue volcano awoke last Saturday after a series of 240 aftershocks. In such conditions began to emerge a truly Gothic landscapes over the Nahuel Huapi lake

Pieces of pumice — volcanic rock — volcanic eruption

Meteorologists say that the dust cloud over the Puyehue rose to a height of 10 km

Locals in disarray, Chile

Near Osorno city in southern Chile

Volcanic activity is often accompanied by powerful thunder and lightning, Chile

A huge ash cloud from Puyehue volcano at 870 km South of Santiago

An exciting and terrifying spectacle of an erupting volcano Puyehue in southern Chile

Because of the huge mass of volcanic ash and ash near the Puyehue shrouded in darkness

On lake Nahuel Huapi, situated 1 600 km from Buenos Aires, the local authorities declared red — the highest anxiety level.

A thick cloud of smoke and ash rises from the crater of the volcano at a height of crater 10 km away and the Eruption is accompanied by strong lightning discharges, which in the dark present a spectacular scene.