Volcanoes
Chile’s Chaiten Volcano remained active in early 2009, releasing plumes of ash and steam.
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An ash plume billows above one of Mexico’s most active volcanoes.
Heat Land Volcanoes
A new eruption of the Chaitén Volcano forced authorities to evacuate residents who had returned to the nearby town of the same name. Ash emissions from the eruption spread across Patagonia to the Argentine east coast.
Atmosphere Land Dust and Haze
Koryaksky (or Koryakski) Volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula released a plume of ash and/or steam in late December 2008.
Atmosphere Land Volcanoes
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