Ash covered landscape

Puyehue volcano in southern Chile has spread volcanic ash far and wide since it erupted in early June. On Monday, Argentina's president announced that economic relief would be provided to residents affected by the ash in the southwestern region of Patagonia. And as recent as July 1 ash in the atmosphere was disrupting flights at the Buenos Aires airport. These images show how the earth's landscape has been affected.
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1. A horse walks on a field covered by volcanic ash from Chilean volcano Puyehue, near Villa Llanquin, a hamlet along route 40 on the banks of Limay river, 50 km from Bariloche, in the Argentine province of Rio Negro, on June 17, 2011. The ash cloud from Chile's Puyehue volcano caused widespread travel chaos in the southern hemisphere since it erupted for the first time on June 4 after lying dormant half a century. (rancisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
2. A boat covered by volcanic ash sits docked on the bank of Nahuel Huapi Lake, also blanketed in volcanic ash, in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Thursday June 16, 2011. (Federico Grosso/Associated Press)
3. A cloud of ash billows from the Puyehue volcano near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 17, 2011. The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano that disrupted flights and stranded travelers as far away as Australia returned after its own round-the-world tour on Friday, civil aviation officials said. The cloud from the Puyehue volcano, high in Chile's Andes, disrupted travel across South America, Australia and New Zealand for several days following its eruption on June 4, stranding thousands of travelers. (Alvaro Vidal/AFP/Getty Images)
4. Houses and trees are covered by volcanic ash on the bank of Nahuel Huapi Lake in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Sunday June 19, 2011. The Chilean government says the volcano in southern Chile that began erupting about two weeks ago is becoming less active. That will allow 4,000 people who were evacuated near the volcano to return home. (Federico Grosso)/Associated Press)
5. A tourist watches volcanic ash float on Nahuel Huapi lake as ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano began falling again over San Carlos de Bariloche in southern Argentina, Saturday June 11, 2011. (Photos Pantagonia/Associated Press)
6. A cat walks along a road covered by volcanic ash from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Puyehue, Chile, Tuesday June 21, 2011. The Chilean government says the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in southern Chile that began erupting about two weeks ago is becoming less active. (
7. A volunteer shovels volcanic ash, brought by Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano, in Ingeniero Jacobacci, southern Argentina, Monday June 20, 2011. (Photo Patagonia/Associated Press)
8. Volunteers remove volcanic ash, brought by Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano, from the ground in Ingeniero Jacobacci in southern Argentina, Monday June 20, 2011. (Photo Patagonia/Associated Press)
9. Leaves remain covered by a coat of ash from the Puyehue volcano in Caulle, 900 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano that disrupted flights and stranded travelers as far away as Australia returned after its own round-the-world tour on Friday, civil aviation officials said. The cloud from the Puyehue volcano, high in Chile's Andes, disrupted travel across South America, Australia and New Zealand for several days following its eruption on June 4, stranding thousands of travelers. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)#
10. Dante, a 16-year-old guitar student, practices his instrument after attending a guitar class as he returns home along streets blanketed with volcanic ash in Ingeniero Jacobacci in southern Argentina, Monday June 20, 2011. (Photo Patagonia/Associated Press)
11. A man on a pier watches the ash and lava fragments on the surface of the Puyehue Lake, in the vicinity of the Puyehue to volcano, near Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 20, 2011. (Martin Bernetti/AFP/Getty Images)
12. People on the shore of Lake Nahuel Huapi's Machete branch, touch the ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano which practically cover its surface, near Villa La Angostura, in the Argentine province of Neuquen, taken on June 19, 2011. Thousands of evacuated Chileans were allowed to return home Sunday two weeks after the eruption of the Puyehue volcano, which sent a huge ash cloud into the sky and disrupted air travel in the southern hemisphere. (Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
13. A vehicle is covered with volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue volcano, in Villa La Angostura's El Mallin neighbourhood, in the Argentine province of Neuquen on June 19, 2011. (Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
14. People walk past a a school in Villa Llanquin, a hamlet covered by volcanic ash spew from Chilean volcano Puyehue along route 40 on the banks of Limay river, 50 km from Bariloche, in the Argentine province of Rio Negro, on June 17, 2011. The ash cloud from Chile's Puyehue volcano caused widespread travel chaos in the southern hemisphere since it erupted for the first time on June 4 after lying dormant dormant half a century. (Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
15. Policemen and neighbors unload iron sheets from a pick-up vehicle in Villa Llanquin, a town covered with ash from Chilean volcano Puyehue, along route 40 on the banks of Limay river, 50 km from Bariloche, in the Argentine province of Rio Negro, on June 17, 2011. (Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
16. A boat and a bicycle remain covered with ash from Chilean volcano Puyehue, in Villa Llanquin a hamlet along route 40 on the banks of Limay river, 50 km from Bariloche, in the Argentine province of Rio Negro, on June 17, 2011. (Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
17. A road is blanketed with sand and volcanic ash from the Chilean Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano, are moored in Puerto Arauco on the Nahuel Huapi Lake, in Villa La Angostura, southern Argentina, Friday, June 17, 2011. The volcano started erupting on June 4 after remaining dormant for decades. (Federico Grosso/Associated Press)
18. A shed whose roof collapsed under the weight of ash from Chilean volcano Puyehue, in Villa Llanquin a hamlet along route 40 on the banks of Limay river, 50 km from Bariloche, in the Argentine province of Rio Negro, on June 17, 2011. (Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
19. The pier of Puerto Arauco at Nahuel Huapi Lake is seen covered by sand and volcanic ash from the Chilean Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Villa La Angostura, southern Argentina, Friday, June 17, 2011. (Federico Grosso/Associated Press)
20. A vehicle belonging to Argentina's border police (Gendarmeria Nacional) rides by a path covered by ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain, in Villa Llanquin hamlet, near San Carlos de Bariloche June 17, 2011. (Gendarmeria/handout/via Reuters)
21. A diver of the Prefectura Naval Argentina inspects the Rio Limay covered with ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain at the mountain resort of San Carlos de Bariloche in Argentina's Patagonia June 16, 2011. Some towns in Argentina's Patagonia remain blanketed in volcanic ash. Airline activity is getting back to normal after days of chaos caused by a towering ash cloud, but Andean towns are covered in a thick, ash blanket that is disrupting water and power supplies and raising fears over the key winter ski season that starts next month. (Chiwi Giambirtone/Reuters)
22. A cow is covered by ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Thursday June 16, 2011. (Federico Grosso/Associated Press)
23. The Ranjentuco stream banks are covered with a coat of ash spew from Chilean volcano Puyehue in the outskirts of Villa La Angostura in Neuquen, some 1600 km south-west of Buenos Aires, on June 16, 2011. Air New Zealand cancelled domestic flights across much of the South Island Thursday after the Chile ash cloud was detected at lower levels than previously recorded, the airline said. (Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
24. A man removes volcanic ash from a roof in downtown Villa La Angostura, in Neuquen, some 1600 km south-west of Buenos Aires, on June 16, 2011. (Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
25. An overview of the mountain resort Villa la Angostura blanketed with ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain in Argentina's Patagonia June 15, 2011. (Osvaldo Peralta/Reuters)
26. Argentina's border police and rescue workers remove ash covered trees from a stream that leads to a lake to avoid blockage of the water passage in Villa La Angostura in southern Argentina, Wednesday June 15, 2011. Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle started erupting on June 4 after remaining dormant for decades. The ash spread across the Pacific, prompting authorities to suspend flights in Australia and New Zealand. (Federico Grosso/Associated Press)
27. Ashes and smoke billow through the clouds after the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Chile, seen from the border cross with Argentina, Cardenal Samore, in southern Chile, Wednesday June 15, 2011. (Alvaro Vidal/Associated Press)
28. A sheep stands in a field covered in volcanic ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano near Pilcaniyeu in southern Argentina, Tuesday June 14, 2011. (Photos Patagonia/Associated Press)
29. A view is seen of a cloud of ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain near sunset at the mountain resort San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina's Patagonia June 12, 2011. (Patricio Rodriguez/Reuters)
30. A person looks at volcanic ash and smoke from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano as seen from Entrelagos, in southern Chile, Friday, June 10, 2011. The volcano erupted Saturday after remaining dormant for decades, causing the evacuation of about 3,500 people in the nearby area and carrying ash across the Andes to Argentina. (/Roberto Candia/Associated Press)
31. Footprints in volcanic ash accumulated near the Puyehue volcano, close to Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago on June 7, 2011. (Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images)
32. In this combination photograph, Lake Nahuel Huapi is seen in a file photo from August 17, 2009 (top), and on June 8, 2011 with pumice and ash accumulated on its shore from an eruption of the Puyehue Volcano across the border in Chile. The volcano, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on June 4, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said. (Chiwi Giambirtone/Reuters)

Volcano erupts in Chile

The eruption of the Puyehue volcano in the Andes mountains of southern Chile last weekend provided some spectacular images of the force of nature. Ash covers the landscape and thousands of people were evacuated from the surrounding rural communities. The volcano, which hasn't been active since 1960 when it erupted after an earthquake, sent its plume of ash 6 miles high across Argentina and toward the Atlantic Ocean.
1. A plume of ash, estimated six miles (10km) high and three mile wide is seen after a volcano erupted in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain, about 575 miles (920 km) south of the capital, Santiago June 4. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)

2. A boy wearing a protective mask, walks along an ash-covered street near San Carlos de Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina, on June 7 three days after the eruption of Chile's Puyehue volcano. Dozens of South American flights had to be scrapped Tuesday because of the huge cloud of volcanic ash spewing from a Chile an volcano, as fears grew of possible landslides near the eruption. So far 4,000 people have been evacuated from 22 rural Chile an communities surrounding the Puyehue volcano, which rumbled to life on Saturday after showing no activity since 1960, when it erupted following a magnitude 9.5 earthquake.(Francisco Ramos Mejia/AFP/Getty Images)
3. A car is completely covered in volcanic ash in San Carlos de Bariloche, southern Argentina, Sunday June 5. (Alfredo Leiva/Associated Press)
4. A helicopter flies over smoke and ash rising from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain near Osorno city in south-central Chile June 5. A volcano dormant for decades erupted in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching an ash cloud more than 6 miles (10 km) high that blew over the Andes and carpeted a popular ski resort in neighboring Argentina. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
5. An inhabitant of the region near the erupting Puyehue volcano looks out from a shelter after they were evacuated for their safety in Entrelagos town June 6. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
6. This NASA Earth Observatory natural-color satellite image obtained June 7, 2011 was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiomter on the Aqua satellite shortly after the eruption began on June. The brown ash plume reaches high above the clouds covering much of the scene, and casts a dark shadow towards the southeast. Along the leading edge of the plume, it appears heavier material is falling out of the ash cloud, while finer particles remain suspended in the atmosphere. (NASA)
7. A plume of light-coloured ash stretches along the edge of the Andes in this natural-color satellite image acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer aboard Terra on the morning of June 6 as the eruption at the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain continues. (NASA)
8. A cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano near Osorno in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago June 5. Puyehue volcano erupted for the first time in half a century on June 4 prompting evacuations for 3,500 people as it sent a cloud of ash that reached Argentina. The National Service of Geology and Mining said the explosion that sparked the eruption also produced a column of gas 10 kilometers (six miles) high, hours after warning of strong seismic activity in the area. (Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images)
9. A member of the media walks along a road covered with ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain near the Cardenal Samore border pass between Argentina and Chile, June 7. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
10. A plane is seen covered in volcanic ash at San Carlos de Bariloche airport, southern Argentina June 7. The wind carried volcanic ash across the Andes to Argentina resulting in the closing of six airports, and the cancellation of flights in the capital city. (Alfredo Leiva/Associated Press)
11. People line up at Aerolineas Argentinas airline desk to reschedule their flights at the Jorge Newbery Airport, after their flights were cancelled due to an ash cloud that reached Buenos Aires from Chile's Peyuhue volcano, grounding most air travel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday June 7. (Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press)
12. The front gate of a ranch is covered in ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle seen at the mountain resort of San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina's Patagonia region June 6. (Patricio Rodriguez/Reuters)
13. A resident walks through fallen ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain in the mountain resort San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina's Patagonia June 6. (Patricio Rodriguez/Reuters)
14. A man takes pictures on a road covered with pumice rocks from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain volcano near the Cardenal Samore border pass between Argentina and Chile June 6. The volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents, authorities said. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
15. A view is seen of the ash plume above the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain near Entrelagos June 5. (Carlos Gutierrez/Reuters)
16. A view is seen of a cloud of ashes from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain near sunset at the mountain resort San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina's Patagonia June 5. (Patricio Rodriguez/Reuters)
17. A pumice rock from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain volcano is shown near the Cardenal Samore border pass between Argentina and Chile, June 6. The volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
18. Rininahue village showing the cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 5. (Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images)
19. Rosehip covered in ash from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain are seen in the mountain resort San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina's Patagonia June 6. (Patricio Rodriguez/Reuters)
20. A Chilean civil police officer prepares to evacuate Cardinal Samore Pass in the border between Chile and Argentina, near Osorno in southern Chile, June 6 following the eruption two days ago of Chile's Puyehue volcano. (Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images)
21. A view of the Lago Lacar (Lacar Lake) and a part of its coast covered with ashes from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain in the mountain resort San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina's Patagonia June 6. (Patricio Rodriguez/Reuters)
22. Lightning flashes around the ash plume at above the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain near Entrelagos June 5. The volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain, dormant for decades, erupted in south-central Chile on Saturday, belching ash over 6 miles (10 km) into the sky, as winds fanned it toward neighboring Argentina, and prompted the government to evacuate several thousand residents. (Carlos Gutierrez/Reuters)
23. A boy riding his bike looks at a plume of smoke and ash merging from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano in Rininahue near Lago Ranco, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Monday June 6. (Carlos Succo/Associated Press)#
24. A man covers his face as he walks through an ash-covered street of the mountain resort of San Martin de Los Andes in Argentina's Patagonia region June 6. (Patricio Rodriguez/Reuters)
25. People play ping-pong as a cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano is seen in the background in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 5. (Alvaro Vidal/AFP/Getty Images)
26. A cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano near Osorno in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago, on June 5. (Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images)
27. Volcanic lightning is seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Sunday June 5, 2011. Authorities have evacuated about 600 people in the nearby area. The volcano was calm on Sunday, one day after raining down ash and forcing thousands to flee, although the cloud of soot it had belched out still darkened skies as far away as Argentina. (Francisco Negroni/AgenciaUno/Associated Press)
28. An aerial picture showing the cloud of ash billowing from Puyehue volcano near Osorno in southern Chile, 870 km south of Santiago, taken on June 5. (Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images)
29. Inhabitants inspect the Gol-Gol river covered with ashes from Chile's Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain volcano, June 7. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters)
30. The Entre Lagos coast, near the Puyehue volcano, close to Osorno, 870 km south of Santiago on June 7. Dozens of South American flights had to be scrapped Tuesday because of the huge cloud of volcanic ash spewing from a Chilean volcano, as fears grew of possible landslides near the eruption. So far 4,000 people have been evacuated from 22 rural Chilean communities surrounding the Puyehue volcano, which rumbled to life on Saturday after showing no activity since 1960, when it erupted following a magnitude 9.5 earthquake. (Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images)
31. A worker clears ash from a volcano in the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle chain, 100 miles (160 km) to the west, in the Argentine resort city of San Carlos de Bariloche June 5. (Chiwi Giambirtone/Reuters)
32. Lightning strikes over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile, Monday June 6. Authorities have evacuated about 3,500 people in the nearby area. The volcano was calm on Monday, two days after raining down ash and forcing thousands to flee, although the cloud of soot it had belched out still darkened skies as far away as Argentina. (Claudio Santana/AFP/Getty Images)