Hundreds flee Calbuco volcano eruption in Chile

[Meatpie]

Authorities urged people living near the Calbuco volcano to evacuate after potentially devastating mudflows of volcanic debris were detected in a nearby river, the result of two huge eruptions this week that sent ash across large swaths of southern South America.

 

[phyzzique]

Thanks Pie, there are some awesome videos on YouTube

 

[Meatpie]

Moment Eruption Begins Caught on Video

A hiker exploring Chile's natural wonders caught the moment Calbuco begins to blow.

He was casually filming a serene forest with gentle waterfalls a short distance away from the foot of the 6,500-foot-high Calbuco volcano.


'There aren't many people here,' the hiker says in Spanish in the video.


'Beautiful, the volcano there...'he says just before the eruption begins.

 

[phyzzique]

NICE!!!

 

[Meatpie]

Incredible he focused the camera seconds before eruption. Major news websites will soon find the video and post but CDG is always first.

 

[Meatpie]

Incredible red sky at sunset

 

[deaddirty]

Incredible he focused the camera seconds before eruption. Major news websites will soon find the video and post but CDG is always first.

At least he was at a safe distance and no doubt thinking 'wow, what great footage'.
This guy was presumably 'Oh SHIT' - great footage, but he on the crater rim of Mount Ontake taking 'nice day out' footage last summer, when apropos of nothing it went off.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=eOJHfSY5COs

 

[deaddirty]

As was this guy - about 0.40, hiker taking hliday footage near the summit, fine sunny day, no threat in sight when suddenly a pyroclastic flow comes over the rim straight at him.
Some great footage one would prefer not to get!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=DGuOD_Fh3GM