Environment
Chile's Calbuco Volcano Is Creating a Hellish Spectacle
Nature tries to imitate nuclear armageddon.
If the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse wanted to make a WrestleMania-style entrance, they should take notes from Chile's Calbuco volcano. Since blowing its stack Wednesday, the hell-funnel has been whipping up nightmarish illusions in the sky—like nuclear armageddon and towering, alien-world thunderstorms.
The eruptions, about 20 miles northeast of the city of Puerto Montt, have forced evacuations and prompted the government to send water, lest ash contaminate reservoirs. But there have been no reports of lava or death, says the Associated Press, writing: