puyehue-cordon caulle january 2012 Sunset plume at Puyehue-Cordon Caulle, January 4th 2012

The plume was only lit up by the setting sun for a few minutes. We were 2km from the vent on our way to record infra-red video footage of the ash venting and bombs exploding from the vent. All is buried under thick layers of ash. Our campsite was a few hundred metres behind us. We spent a restless night listening to pumices falling onto canvas and hoping they'd not get any bigger. The eruption continues (it started on June 4th 2011) and air travel in Argentina is still affected.

This was quickly snapped as I made my way closer to the vent to record

infra-red video footage of the ash plume and bombs, which were being

explosively ejected hundreds of metres in the air. The plume was lit

up briefly by the setting sun, within minutes the vent was glowing red

and the thundering sounds became louder. All night our tent was pelted

by pumices but the wind had changed direction by daybreak and all way

clear. We collected samples of the ash from our tents and work is

underway to analyse it!

Any comments on the photo are really welcome - I've been away from

photo.net for three years due to having kids and visiting volcanoes,

this is my first one now I've returned!

y un mensaje por los chilenos - que su volcano es una maravilla, una

pasada, aunque puede ser problematico de vez en cuando, y que tenia

suerte poder estar en un sitio tan impressionante y tan lindo.

Welcome back, Hugo. This is a knockout shot. My only suggestion would be to crop a little from the bottom to strengthen the focus on the plume.

And looks very nice!

Best regards Hugo!

PDE

Hi Hugo!

Impressive image, you are a lucky man because of this job (I guess...).

About the photo, it's like to be in another planet, with strange orange colour...

Thanks for share, Regards!