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Puyehue volcano in Chile erupts
An erupting Chilean volcano sent a towering plume of ash across South America on Monday, forcing thousands from their homes, grounding airline flights in southern Argentina and coating ski resorts with a gritty layer of dust instead of snow.
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A column of smoke and volcanic lightning are seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 5, 2011.
Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno Associated Press
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A column of smoke and volcanic lightning are seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 5, 2011.
Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno Associated Press
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Volcanic lightning is seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 5, 2011. Authorities have evacuated about 600 people in the nearby area.
Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno Associated Press
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Lightning strikes over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Monday, June 6, 2011.
Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno Associated Press
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A blanket of volcanic ash covers a neighborhood in San Carlos de Bariloche, southern Argentina, Sunday, June 5, 2011. The Puyehue volcano, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday. The wind carried ash across the Andes to Argentina, dusting this tourist town which had to close its airport.
Alfredo Leiva Associated Press
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Ashes coming from Chile’s Puyehue volcano are removed from the windshield of a car by a woman in San Carlos de Bariloche, southern Argentina, Saturday, June 4, 2011.
Alfredo Leiva Associated Press
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Workers use bulldozers to remove volcanic ash that blew in from the erupting Puyehue volcano, into San Carlos de Bariloche, southern Argentina, Sunday June 5, 2011.
Alfredo Leiva Associated Press
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A man removes volcanic ash from his roof using water from a garden hose in San Carlos de Bariloche, southern Argentina, Sunday June 5, 2011.
Alfredo Leiva Associated Press
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A boy riding his bike looks at a plume of smoke and ash merging from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Rininahue near Lago Ranco, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Monday June 6, 2011.
Carlos Succo Associated Press
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Residents of Rininahue look at a plume of smoke and ash merging from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Rininahue near Lago Ranco, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Monday June 6, 2011.
Carlos Succo Associated Press
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A photo released by NASA is a June 4, 2011, photo of Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcano was made by the MODI Aqua satellite shortly after the eruption began showing the brown plume rising above the clouds. The eruption has forced thousands from their homes, grounded airline flights in southern Argentina and coated ski resorts with a gritty layer of dust instead of snow.
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This natural-color satellite image provided by NASA was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard Terra satellite on the morning of June 6, 2011 of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle eruption in Chile. In the mage, the ash plume from the volcano is visible as it blows first northeast, then southeast across Argentina toward the Atlantic ocean.
NASA Associated Press
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Brazilian tourists Vanesa and Lucas Bremm sit in the Jorge Newbery Airport after their flight was cancelled due to an ash cloud that reached Buenos Aires from Chile’s Peyuhue volcano, grounding most air travel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday June 7, 2011. The wind carried volcanic ash across the Andes to Argentina resulting in the closing of six airports, and the cancellation of flights in the capital city. The Puyehue volcano, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday.
Natacha Pisarenko Associated Press
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Two people stand look out from the usually rocky lake shore, at the ash covered Nahuel Huapi lake, in San Carlos de Bariloche, southern Argentina, Tuesday June 7, 2011.
Alfredo Leiva Associated Press
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A plane is seen covered in volcanic ash in San Carlos de Bariloche airport, southern Argentina, Tuesday June 7, 2011.
Alfredo Leiva Associated Press
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