A famous image of the phenomenon was photographed by Carlos Gutierrez and occurred in Chile above the Chaiten Volcano . It circulated widely on the internet . Another notable image of this phenomenon is '' The Power of Nature '' , taken by Mexican photographer Sergio Tapiro in Colima , Mexico , which won third place ( Nature category ) in the 2016 World Press Photo Contest . Other instances have been reported above Alaska 's Mount Augustine volcano , Iceland 's Eyjafjallajökull volcano and Mount Etna in Sicily , Italy . The night of February 13 , 2014 , Indonesia 's Kelud volcano burst to life with the ground-rattling energy of some 250 megatons of TNT . Its billowing ash plume shot 16 miles high , sprinkling tiny shards of rock for hundreds of miles .
Eyjafjallajökull
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
Volcanic lightning