Home/BlogIn flagrant disregard for humanity’s attempts to clean up air pollution, the Chilean volcano Calbuco erupted violently on Earth Day 2015, pumping millions of tons of hazardous materials into the pristine South American atmosphere.
Calbuco Volcano eruption on 22 April, 2015 (photo: AFP).
The eruption terrorized local residents, one of whom had just returned from an Earth Day protest tearfully exclaiming, “¿Por qué está haciendo la Tierra esto a nosotros? Nos plantamos un árbol!”
The eruption continued into the night last night, producing an angry display of toxic, asthma-causing emissions and lightning:
