---
title: "Amazing Images from This Weeks Calbuco Volcanic Eruption"
description: "Several days ago, the Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in nearly 50 years, and it did so with quite a vengeance. Over 4,000 people were forced to evacuate areas in southern Chile, and individuals from towns throughout the region reported heavy instances of ash-fall. We asked our followers to send us some of their images. In..."
date: "2015-04-27"
modified: "2015-04-27"
authors:
  - name: "Jolene Creighton"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jolene-creighton.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/amazing-images-weeks-calbuco-volcanic-eruption"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# Amazing Images from This Weeks Calbuco Volcanic Eruption

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/11127845_10205118957946073_900626598_n.jpg>)

Several days ago, the Calbuco volcano erupted for the first time in nearly 50 years, and it did so with quite a vengeance. Over 4,000 people were forced to evacuate areas in southern Chile, and individuals from towns throughout the region reported heavy instances of ash-fall.

We asked our followers to send us some of their images. In a series of stunning photos, the columns of lava and ash are resolved with clarity from near and afar.

[![Calbuco volcano](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11173433_10205118957826070_887406894_n.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11173433_10205118957826070_887406894_n.jpg>)
*Image of the Calbuco eruption. Credit and copyright: [Cristian Walker Mesina](<https://www.facebook.com/cristian.w.mesina>)*

[![volcanic eruption](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11164142_10205118957906072_1110161682_n.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11164142_10205118957906072_1110161682_n.jpg>)
*Image of the Calbuco eruption. Credit and copyright: Cristian Walker Mesina*

[![volcanic eruption south america](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11127845_10205118957946073_900626598_n.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/11127845_10205118957946073_900626598_n.jpg>)
*Image of the Calbuco eruption. Credit and copyright: [Cristian Walker Mesina](<https://www.facebook.com/cristian.w.mesina>) *Image: Getty**

The eruption spat out a plume of smoke that may extend beyond 65,000-feet *(19,812-meter)* high, with [ash reaching as](<https://twitter.com/C5N/status/591080366322114560/photo/1>) far as the Argentine town of San Martin de los Andes—about 105 miles from ground zero—and 140 miles *(225 kilometers)* north of Calbuco, in the towns of Villarica and Pucón. Residents in a number of areas reported instances of heavy ash falling after the eruption.

NASA's Earth Observatory satellites captured images of the smoking volcano from space Thursday and Friday.

[![volcano](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/volcano.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/volcano.jpg>)
*Image via NASA*

[![calbuco volcano eruption](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/calbuco-volcano-eruption.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/calbuco-volcano-eruption.jpg>)
*Image via NASA*

[![Image via Telemundo](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/volcanic-ash.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/volcanic-ash.jpg>)
*Image via [Telemundo](<https://twitter.com/TelemundoNews/status/591627312564580353>)*

The national park where the volcano is located is currently closed as a safety precaution (obviously).

[![volcano](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/volcano1.jpg>)](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/volcano1.jpg>)

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