article_snippet.sent: The first eruption in over four decades yesterday sent vast clouds of dust more than six miles into the air, creating an incredible display of lightning and lava against the night's sky.
article_snippet.sent: ' Aftermath: The two violent explosions shot billions of cubic metres of ash into the atmosphere, caking nearby localities like La Ensenada in mounds of abrasive soot .
article_snippet.sent: The dense ash cloud from Calbuco today created an incredible display of lightning and lava against the sky .
article_snippet.sent: Stiff winds blew airborne ash from the first explosion to Argentina where the thick, abrasive soot coated slopes in the sky resort city of San Carlos de Bariloche.
article_snippet.sent: The first eruption (pictured) sent a huge plume of gas and ash soaring into the atmosphere which was visible from up to 100 miles away .
article_snippet.sent: Television pictures showed a spectacular mushroom-shaped column billowing into the sky with occasional lighting bolts shooting through it.
highlights_snippet.sent: Yesterday's blast, which shot ash six miles into the air, was the first since 1972 and the first major one since 1961 .
  