Ecuador - Tungurahua Volcano eruption
During an Ecuador - Galapagos trip in 2006, we stayd on the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano in the Ambato area; just next to Banos.
The volcano started erupting ash and stones 2 months earlier.
The eruption was even 1 month after the start still very violent.
Altough we could not see any fire and/or lava, what the volcano did before, the eruption was really violent.
Depending of the wind direction, the ash cover was everywhere.
As a volcano freak (i whitnessed other eruptions like Sangay (Ecuador), Merapi (Indonesia) and Kilauea (Hawaii)) i was once again suprised by the incredable power of mother nature.
Look also at the google map. The volcano was smoking at the time of the photograph !
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