Around the World in 80 Seconds

“There’s always the risk of explosions or lava bombs, it’s often very hard to judge the explosions. Pyroclastic clouds, a mixture of hot gases and ash, sometimes with rocks, can travel at a speed of up to 300km per hour, they can travel over mountain ridges and are very dangerous. Even very experienced volcanologists have been killed by pyroclastic clouds.”
Picture: CARSTEN PETER / NAT GEO STOCK / CATERS

“There’s always the risk of explosions or lava bombs, it’s often very hard to judge the explosions. Pyroclastic clouds, a mixture of hot gases and ash, sometimes with rocks, can travel at a speed of up to 300km per hour, they can travel over mountain ridges and are very dangerous. Even very experienced volcanologists have been killed by pyroclastic clouds.”

Picture: CARSTEN PETER / NAT GEO STOCK / CATERS

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