Electric eruption

Lightning bolts strike around the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain near southern Osorno city. The volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said.

( Reuters photo / June 6, 2011 )

Lightning bolts strike around the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain near southern Osorno city. The volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said.

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