This series of images tracks ash from a Chilean volcano that made a nearly complete circle around the world.
Published Jun 18, 2011
After five months of continuous eruption, the area surrounding Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano is covered with ash.
Published Nov 5, 2011
A satellite records a vertical profile of the atmosphere and reveals the altitude of ash clouds.
Published May 25, 2010
These natural-color images show the plume from Puyehue-Cordón Volcano Complex blowing in different directions.
Published Jul 12, 2011
As ash from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex continues to disrupt flights half a world away, the eruption itself persists.
Published Jun 21, 2011
A powerful volcanic eruption in South America sent volcanic ash around the world to stop air traffic in New Zealand and Australia. The ash plume is distinct in these images of the two countries.
Published Jun 13, 2011
Two days of continuous emissions at the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex have created an ash plume the extends more than 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 kilometers).
Published Jun 6, 2011
A plume of fine ash from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano stretches more than 100 kilometers across Chile and the Pacific Ocean as the volcano continues erupting after more than five months.
Published Nov 19, 2011
Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano erupted spectacularly on June 4, 2011, forming a tall ash plume above the cloud-covered Andes.
Published Jun 8, 2011
Ash from Grímsvötn spread over the North Sea on May 24, 2011, canceling several hundred flights in Scotland and Scandinavia.
Published May 24, 2011
