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.
Volcanic ash Sunday fell on the other side of the Andes, near the popular tourist town of San Carlos de Bariloche
The streets of the resort town of San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina is covered with volcanic ash