Chile’s Volcano Keeps Spewing Ash (Photos)

The Puyehue volcano in southern Chile has continuously spewed for the past two weeks, disrupting flights and blanketing the countryside with white ash.
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Chile’s Volcano Keeps Spewing Ash (Photos)
6/21/2011
Updated:
10/1/2015

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/116860628.jpg" alt="A cloud of ashes billows from the Puyehue volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 17, 2011. (Alvaro Vidal/AFP/Getty Images)" title="A cloud of ashes billows from the Puyehue volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 17, 2011. (Alvaro Vidal/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1802362"/></a>
A cloud of ashes billows from the Puyehue volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 17, 2011. (Alvaro Vidal/AFP/Getty Images)

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/117074363.jpg" alt="A cloud of ashes billows from the volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" title="A cloud of ashes billows from the volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1802364"/></a>
A cloud of ashes billows from the volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/117074560.jpg" alt="A cloud of ashes billows from the Puyehue volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" title="A cloud of ashes billows from the Puyehue volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1802366"/></a>
A cloud of ashes billows from the Puyehue volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/117067987.jpg" alt="A woman shows the ashes billowing from the Puyehue volcano, in Caulle, 900 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" title="A woman shows the ashes billowing from the Puyehue volcano, in Caulle, 900 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1802368"/></a>
A woman shows the ashes billowing from the Puyehue volcano, in Caulle, 900 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/117070779.jpg" alt="Leaves remain covered by a coat of ash from the Puyehue volcano in Caulle, 900 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" title="Leaves remain covered by a coat of ash from the Puyehue volcano in Caulle, 900 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1802370"/></a>
Leaves remain covered by a coat of ash from the Puyehue volcano in Caulle, 900 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/117065111.jpg" alt="A car drives along the ash-coated international road leading to the Cardenal Samore border pass with Argentina, near the Puyehue volcano, in Chile, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" title="A car drives along the ash-coated international road leading to the Cardenal Samore border pass with Argentina, near the Puyehue volcano, in Chile, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1802372"/></a>
A car drives along the ash-coated international road leading to the Cardenal Samore border pass with Argentina, near the Puyehue volcano, in Chile, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/117031852.jpg" alt="A dog stands on the roof of a car covered with volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano, in Villa La Angostura, in the Argentine province of Neuquen on June 19, 2011. (Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)" title="A dog stands on the roof of a car covered with volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano, in Villa La Angostura, in the Argentine province of Neuquen on June 19, 2011. (Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1802374"/></a>
A dog stands on the roof of a car covered with volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano, in Villa La Angostura, in the Argentine province of Neuquen on June 19, 2011. (Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/117031460.jpg" alt="Picture of Lake Nahuel Huapi's Machete branch, partially covered with volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano. (Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)" title="Picture of Lake Nahuel Huapi's Machete branch, partially covered with volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano. (Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1802376"/></a>
Picture of Lake Nahuel Huapi's Machete branch, partially covered with volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano. (Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)

<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/117073105.jpg" alt="A queue forms at the Virgin Australia Terminal as airlines cancel flights due to volcanic ash at Sydney Domestic Airport on June 21, 2011 (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)" title="A queue forms at the Virgin Australia Terminal as airlines cancel flights due to volcanic ash at Sydney Domestic Airport on June 21, 2011 (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)" width="575" class="size-medium wp-image-1802378"/></a>
A queue forms at the Virgin Australia Terminal as airlines cancel flights due to volcanic ash at Sydney Domestic Airport on June 21, 2011 (Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)