Ecuador's Troublemaker volcano spews lava from summit
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British volcano photographer Dr Richard Roscoe has documented the spectacular eruption of a little-known active stratovolcano in the Amazonian Andes of Ecuador known as Reventador.
Reventador is Spanish for "troublemaker".
Dr Roscoe and a German colleague captured the rumblings and fiery explosions earlier this month with wide-angle videos using moonlight alone by applying a unique filming technique at a specific rate, and sped up the video to show the activity over the course of a three-day period.
Reventador's last recorded major activity was in 2002, when a huge eruption occurred with almost no warning and its pyroclastic flow of gas and matter wiped out a nearby valley and damaged pipelines, Dr Roscoe said.
Volcanologists say Reventador is undergoing another explosive phase with gas and lava spewing from vents in its summit.
Reuters
Topics: volcanic-eruption, disasters-and-accidents, ecuador
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