The Chilean caldera still emits a steady stream of ash

The Chilean caldera still emits a steady stream of ash

The Puyehue volcano in Chile continues to spew ash that is still disrupting air travel as far as Australia and New Zealand this week. A new animation of satellite imagery just released from the NASA/NOAA GOES Project shows the ash spewing from the

Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex eruption persists

Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex eruption persists

As ash from Chile’s Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex continues to disrupt flights half a world away, the eruption itself persists. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color image on June

Chile’s volcanic devastating toll on environment

Chile’s volcanic devastating toll on environment

Several Latin American countries in the path of volcanic ash unleashed from a Chilean Andean crater are facing critical shortages of water, agricultural collapse, disruptions in transportation and growing risks to human and animal health. Toxic ash clouds, seen to be