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NASA Earth Observatory Imagery: Chile's Chaiten Volcano Erupts

Fears volcanic ash is causing ecological disaster

Volcanic ash raining down from the Chilean volcano Chaiten may cause long-term environmental damage and harm the health of people and animals in Patagonia, scientists say.

Ash from the volcano, which started erupting in early May for the first time in thousands of years, is made up of pulverised rock containing all kinds of minerals.

It has spoiled lakes, rivers and lagoons, coated plants in a dense layer of gray, and altered the sensitive habitat of animals now struggling to survive. Satellite images show a white stripe smeared across the southern part of South America.

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