(Vox) Nothing breaks up the day like an unexpected volcanic eruption. On April 22, Calbuco in southern Chile erupted in dramatic fashion — sending a massive plume of ash more than 12 miles into the air.
No one saw this coming. The volcano had been quiet for the last 42 years before erupting twice in the span of a few hours, all with just 15 minutes of warning beforehand. Some 4,000 residents in the nearby town of Puerto Montt and surrounding areas were evacuated. Fortunately, no one was hurt.
The fact that there's a town nearby also meant lots of people were there take pictures. Over at Wired, Erik Klemetti points out that a number of dramatic time-lapse videos of the eruption have been posted on YouTube: