Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano put on a spectacular spectacle on Tuesday, spewing hot gases and debris into the sky as an intense lightning show raged overhead.
Like a scene Lord of the Rings’ Fictitious Mordor, images published by BNPB Indonesia show a continuous cascade of lightning in a cloud of toxic ash over the volcano’s crater, while the sky turns red and illuminates with enormous flashes.
Thousands of people have been forced to evacuate the island where the volcano is located, Reuters reports, and officials warned residents of nearby Tagulandang Island that volcanic materials falling into the ocean could cause a tsunami.
In this photograph released by the Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia, Mount Ruang releases volcanic materials during its eruption, Tuesday, April 30, 2024, on the island of Sulawesi , Indonesia.
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This is the second time in two weeks that Mount Ruang has erupted, spewing ash nearly two kilometers into the air, closing an airport and dumping debris into nearby villages.
So far, there have been no reports of injuries or deaths associated with any of the eruptions.
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