Lightning Storm Meets Volcanic Eruption!
On a lighter note, today I have discovered a ’scam’ currently circulating in e-mails, forums and in other blogs. The photographs claim they show a lightning storm with a volcanic eruption. I must admit they are quite spectacular photographs.
There has been many comments and discussions about the photos mainly saying that the photos are fake! Apparently the photos are indeed real!
The almost otherworldly sight of these two powerful forces of nature clashing with each other has caused some commentators to suggest that the images have been manipulated. However, the photographs are in fact genuine.
The photographs depict an eruption of the Chaiten volcano in Chile in May 2008. The volcano, which has been dormant for thousands of years, is located around 1300km south of Santiago. An article about the eruption published in The Australian on May 8th 2008 describes the event:
Tonnes of dust and ash from the eruption of the Chaiten volcano poured into the night sky just as an electric storm was passing overhead.
The resulting collision created an extraordinary sight as lightning flickered around the dust cloud in the fiery, orange glow of the volcano.
Several thousand residents were evacuated from the area and the plume from the eruption has left large areas of land covered in a layer of ash.
The information was provided by Hoax Slayer
The full story can be seen at ‘The Australian’
[...] Volcano erupts in southern Chile • Lightning Storm Meets Volcanic Eruption! (2008) • Earth and sky in battle above volcano [...]
Patagonia volcano erupts again : Columbia Valley News said this on February 28, 2009 at 8:03 am
oh wow this is amazing nature is beautiful ^_^
Lord mochia said this on June 3, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Wow, that´s the best fake picture i’ve ever seen!
Good work!!
Tom said this on August 17, 2009 at 7:24 am