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9 Incredible Photos of Volcano Eruptions

January 11, 2012 at 4:33am | by Josh

Volcanos are beautiful, huge, picture perfect … and extremely dangerous. When they erupt, you don’t want to be around. But you do want a photographer to be around, so you can enjoy photographs like these.

1) Puyehue Volcano, Chile

Photo by CLAUDIO SANTANA/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

2) Mt. Augustine, Alaska – March 27, 2006

Photo by CYRUS READ/AVO/USGS

3) Tungurahua, Ecuador

Photo by REUTERS/Carlos

4) Mount Merapi, Indonesia – November 3, 2010

Photo by BEAWIHARTA/REUTERS

5) Eyjafjallajokul Volcano, Iceland – April 17, 2010

Photo by AP PHOTO/ARNAR THORISSON/HELICOPTER.IS

6) Mt. Bromo, Indonesia – September 28, 2006

Photo by FISCHERFOTOGRAFIE.NL

7) Mount Etna, Italy

Perched above the lighted city of Catania, Italy, Mount Etna hurls a fountain of fire skyward as rivers of lava spill down its flanks. In spite of its dazzling displays, Mount Etna is a relatively safe volcano with rare, compact eruptions and slow-flowing lava that gives people a chance to escape.

Photo by Carsten Peter, National Geographic

8) Kliuchevskoi Volcano, Russia – October 11, 1994

Photo by NASA

9) Mount St. Helens, United States – May 18, 1980

Photo by ROBERT KRIMMEL/USGS

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