Thousands of glowing scoria illuminated the most of the Fuego volcano (image: DavidHe11952876/twitter)
A stunning strombolian-type explosion took place from the volcano at about 05:00 local time yesterday.
The eruption sent hot, glowing lava clasts (scoria) tracing parabolic ballistic paths and showered the most edifice with ejected basaltic pyroclasts.
Weak-to-moderate explosions continue at regular intervals of 5 to 8 per hour generating grey ash plumes which reached approx. 14,700 ft-15,700 ft (4,500 m-4,800 m) altitude. Ash plumes spread about 30 km to the west-southwest of the volcano.
April 13, 2022, ~ Cloud Obscured Explosion ~ Volcan De Fuego, Guatemala #volcano #fuego #guatemala Thank you to Crelosa:https://t.co/JkEJF8qOU505:07 Hours pic.twitter.com/5F4WUmdjx8
— Volcano Time-Lapse (@DavidHe11952876) April 13, 2022