When a Volcanic Eruption Meets a Lightning Storm

 

Although we could all say that we have mornings

where we visually feel like the following picture reflects, 

this is nature at its finest! 

 

 

‘Two of nature’s most spectacular forces produced an incredible brew in the skies of Chile as a volcanic eruption  met a lightning storm.

Tons of dust and ash from the eruption of the Chaitïan volcano poured into the night sky just as an electric storm passed overhead.  The resulting collision created a spectacular sight as lightning flickered around the dust cloud amid the orange glow of the volcano.  

The eruption was all the more spectacular because the Chaitïan volcano,800 miles, (1,290km) south of

Santiago, has  been  dormant for hundreds – if not thousands of years. The Patagonian volcano began erupting on Friday May 9th

 2008 and the 12-mile-high plume has left vast tracts of land coated with a layer

of ash.’ 

 

 

Thanks Betty!

 

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