Volcano on Uninhabited Galapagos Island Erupts
March 04, 2024 1:27 AM
By Associated Press
In this photo released by Galapagos National, La Cumbre volcano erupts at Fernandina Island, in Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, March 3, 2024.
QUITO, ECUADOR —
A volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos has begun erupting, lighting up the nighttime sky as lava tumbled down its sides toward the sea.
The La Cumbre volcano on Fernandina island began erupting Saturday around midnight in what officials with Ecuador's Geophysical Institute said could be its largest eruption since 2017.
The 1,476-meter volcano last erupted in 2020.
Images shared on social media taken by visitors to the Galapagos show the volcano profiled against a crimson red sky.
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