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.
Two and a half months after its violent initial eruption, Puyehue Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex has settled into a pattern of mild, continuous emissions of gas and ash.
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).
A plume from the erupting Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano stretches 800 kilometers across the sky, while ash spreads across the ground below on June 13, 2011.