This is the third volcano to erupt this year after theShinmoedake eruptionand last monthsGrimsvoetn eruption.
Volcanic lightning strikes over the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain in southern Chile.
In volcanology this group is known as the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle Volcanic Complex (PCCVC).
Cordon Caulle is notable for having erupted following the 1960 Valdivia earthquake, the largest recorded earthquake in history.
(Photograph: Stringer/Austria/Reuters)
Policemen gather as the smoke and ash cloud grows.
(Photograph: Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
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