Erupting Chilean Volcano A Jaw Dropping Sight

June 6: Lightning strikes over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile. 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. (AP Photo/Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno) (AP)

June 5: A column of smoke and volcanic lightning are seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile. 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. (AP Photo/Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno) (AP, FRANCISCO NEGRONI, AGENCIAUN)

June 5: A column of smoke and volcanic lightning are seen over the Puyehue volcano, over 500 miles south of Santiago, Chile. 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. (AP Photo/Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno) (AP, FRANCISCO NEGRONI, AGENCIAUN)

June 6: 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. 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. (AP Photo/Carlos Succo) (AP)

June 6: Residents of Rininahue look 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. 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. (AP Photo/Carlos Succo) (AP)

Actividad volcnica y relmpagos se ven sobre el volcn Puyehue, a unos 1.100 kilmetros al sur de Santiago de Chile, el domingo 5 de junio del 2011. Las autoridades han evacuado a unas 600 personas de zonas aledaas. El volcn pareca haberse calmado el domingo despus de haber lanzado ceniza y forzado a muchos a dejar sus hogares. (AP Foto/Francisco Negroni, AgenciaUno) CHILE OUT, NO PUBLICAR EN CHILE, NO SALES (AP, FRANCISCO NEGRONI, AGENCIAUN)