WASHINGTON: A volcano in Mexico erupted during a “phase of heightened activity”, sending huge plumes of smoke into the air with fiery red lava.
Footage by Photovolcanica uses a combination of timelapse and normal footage shot from ground level to capture the moment the Colima volcano erupted.
“Colima volcano is currently in a phase of heightened activity which may be a prelude to one of the major eruptions that have happened at about 100 year intervals in historical times”, the filmmaker said.
The volcano poses a major threat to the around 40,0000 people living in surrounding communities as the volcanic edifice has repeatedly collapsed and obliterated all life over huge areas in prehistoric times and is likely to do so again in the future. Hence the volcano is considered one of the 10 most important in the world.
“The footage combines timelapse animations of nighttime eruptions with unprecedented framerates for Colima, several still images, and video sequences including rare video from an official monitoring flight.”
