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A creeping lava tongue... A fiery waterfall curtain...







Such openings are called "skylights", offering a view into a hellish kingdom below:












Granted, the Kilauea (Hawaii) eruptions are not as violent as some might imagine after watching the movie "Dante's Peak, however, they are deadly enough to eradicate a few villages and incinerate a multitude of houses, as recently as 1990.Not much is left from a house and a car in that flow:






Much larger eruptions had occured in the 1920s, caused by the fiery lava interaction with sea and ground water. Eruption columns had gone as high as 20 kilometers!
Lenticular clouds blanketing the eruption of Volcano Tungurahua in Ecuador -

Wow! I can see those pics now! Those pics are beautiful I must say....

I remembered my univ. degree must serve for something...so I tried again
Indeed they are; I have friends in Costa Rica living at the base of an active vulcano ...I would be scared! But I guess you get used in danger

Awesome photos!!

They are are awesome pics....I don't think I would want to live near one though....being burned to death by hot molten lava is not really my thing!!!!!!!!!!!

True!
Sometimes you don't choose to live there, it just happen..so you adjust.
Living in Cancun i've been through 2 ugly hurricanes.
It teaches you how to live with nature and stay safe and make the best of what you got.

Amazing pictures. Wanted to say thank you for sharing.
Nature shows us real global proceses ..

Don't knock it, till you've tried it!!

Wow these pics are undescribably emotional.You can almost hear and feel the volcano rumbling.

More pics please Mummy ?

The second pic looks like an alien in the fire and a giant bat curled up on the right side.