Volcan de Fuego Eruption

Yesterday evening, Wednesday, August 8, 2007, Volcán de Fuego (Volcano of Fire) spilled its guts in a spectacular eruption, sending a plume of lava hundreds of feet in the air. We could see it clearly from our bedroom window in Antigua, some 40km away. To get a better view, we took a cab to the town of Dueñas, 20 minutes down the road and about 10km from the volcano. This short clip is just a snippet of about 45 minutes of footage. We'll post more later. FYI, Fuego is so-called because it smokes almost constantly and erupts frequently. But locals told us they had never seen it erupt with such force. It's one of only 3 active volcanoes in Guatemala.

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[lobocazador09]

mientras tanto a ustes les gusta esta cosa natural hay muchas personas que perdieron su casa y has seres queridos, me sa mucha tristesa por ustedes gente innorante

[laylajoanyachirufan]

my family lives there!

[jorgemaz1]

this is wasome i love this natural xplotions love Guatemala

[karitothev]

ill back you up a bit....dur da dur

[redfishperson]

Beautiful eruption! I was living in Santa María de Jesús (on the side of the Agua volcano) for most of that summer and got to see a smaller eruption on July 1. I was even still in Guate on the 8th when you saw this one, but I was out by Lake Atitlán at that time. I am SO jealous!

[elizabethpuchunga]

me parece un paisaje maravilloso de la naturaleza, me gustaria ver mucho una explicion volcanica de cerca debe de ser una experiencia maravillosa

[pianerasolitaria]

"fuego" means "fire"

[fronttofakie]

i was there when that was happening. i was in antigua/san pedro

[santral034]

ALLAH c.c bizi bu olaylar la uyarmak istiyor..deprem ler ve bu gibi afetler le .. ama iman etmeyenler oldukleri gunu dusunsunler..Diakkat edinn ve Allah a kulluk gorevinizi yerine getirin bosuna YARATILMADIK. BIRDE ICINDE YANDIGIMIZ CEHENNEMI DUSUNUN