It's a beautiful site from afar ... but you wouldn't want to be there. Ecaudor's Tungurahua Volcano, south of Quito, spews ash, gas and molten rock on Jan. 11. After a long period of rest, Tungurahua has been active since 1999 and eruptions have been ongoing since.

Alaskan volcano Mount Redoubt, shown above in this March 15, 2009 file photo, erupted five times overnight. The volcano, located about 90 miles north of Anchorage has sent an ash cloud an estimated 50,000 feet into the air, since it began erupting at 2 a.m., March 13, 2008. The Ash cloud is expected to reach the Susitna Valley including Talkeetna and Willow.
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Mt. Redoubt, shown above in 1990, last erupted nearly 20 years ago.

The Chaiten volcano, as seen from Chana, southern Chile on May 2, 2008, began its first eruption in thousands of years, on May 2. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanoes are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them.

A thin red stream of lava creeps down the flanks of the Llaima volcano, in Cherquenco, Chile, early Wednesday, July 2, 2008.
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