Volcanoes in Our Times

The swollen carcass of a cow is covered by ash after a 2006 eruption which killed at least five people, injured 13 and buried five villages in lava and hot ash. The Andean volcano's activity began in 1999 and continues to this day.
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Tungurahua, Ecuador
Eruption : 2006
The swollen carcass of a cow is covered by ash after a 2006 eruption which killed at least five people, injured 13 and buried five villages in lava and hot ash. The Andean volcano's activity began in 1999 and continues to this day.

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