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Two of nature's most
spectacular forces produced an incredible brew in the skies of Chile as a
volcanic eruption met a lightning storm. Tons of dust and ash from the
eruption of the Chaitén volcano poured into the night sky just as an
electric storm passed overhead. The resulting collision created a
spectacular sight as lightning flickered around the dust cloud amid the
orange glow of the volcano. The eruption was all the more spectacular
because the Chaitén volcano, 800 miles (1,290km) south of Santiago, has
been dormant for hundreds - if not thousands of years. The Patagonian
volcano began erupting and the 12-mile-high plume has left vast tracts of
land coated with a layer of ash.
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