Chile’s Calbuco volcano really celebrated Earth Day in style, erupting without warning for the first time in 42 years, chucking mounds of ash and beautiful horror as far as the eye could see.
A red alert was issued by Chile’s Onemi emergency office straight away, ordering the evacuation of anyone within 20km.
The volcano is about 1,000km from Santiago, and thanks to Twitter we have some truly stunning images and videos of the eruption emerging.
Thankfully there have been no reports of any injuries, meaning the evacuation has gone smoothly so far.
Here is a cool timelapse of the eruption and some of Twitter’s best images. What an Earth Day.
Spectacular picture from #Chile where the #Calbuco #volcano has erupted… Simon pic.twitter.com/rvISKTxvXg
— BBC Weather (@bbcweather) April 23, 2015
Volcano erupts in southern #Chile, belching ash, smoke into sky http://t.co/Qkjyx9B9hF #Calbuco #volcano pic.twitter.com/OoMjJc2Lri
— TR Foundation (@TR_Foundation) April 23, 2015
Just wow! A mind-blowing photo of #Calbuco volcano erupting by @utrerasmarcelo: http://t.co/tvx94VewAh pic.twitter.com/JMh3iqn7bM
— 500px (@500px) April 23, 2015
There had been no sign Chile’s #Calbuco volcano was going to erupt. And then this happened… http://t.co/5dK1jE41do pic.twitter.com/Rnn0fhRiS2
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) April 23, 2015
RIGHT NOW: Unbelievable picture’s of volcanic eruption coming from #Chile. #Calbuco. pic.twitter.com/XzxqCJjvKV
— Anis (@hertzmau5) April 23, 2015
This image just moved, too. Unbelievable. #Calbuco http://t.co/aAjVfoIsy4 pic.twitter.com/REoADDYAFT
— Craig Newman (@craignewman) April 23, 2015
Volcano erupted today in Calbuco, Chile pic.twitter.com/9UzUCdDSPj
— Gautam Trivedi (@Gotham3) April 23, 2015
— rose (@roselaine_xo) April 23, 2015
Eruption picture via Philip Oyarzo Calisto on Flickr
