Volcanic activity

From about 1500 active volcanoes erupt planet every year about fifty. In 2012, the eruption of volcanoes such as the Flat Tolbachik in Russia, Fuego in Guatemala, Tongariro, New Zealand, Chile Puyehue, Etna in Italy and many others. This photoselection tells of volcanic activity in the world during 2012.

1. Photographer Andrew Hall (Andrew Hall) made this stunning picture of the eruption Santyagito, an active volcano dome of Santa Maria, in Guatemala, 11 March 2012. City Retalhuleu (in the background) is just beginning to wake up. (Andrew Hall)



2. Tongariro volcano spews ash cloud in the Tongariro National Park, 300 kilometers north of Wellington, New Zealand, 21 November 2012. The first hundred years eruption was in August 2012. (Reuters / Stefan Keller)



3. Gamalama Indonesian volcano emits a plume of ash during its eruption on the island of Ternate, 16 September 2012. (AP Photo)



4. Etna volcano ejects ash during an eruption on the island of Sicily, Italy, April 1, 2012. Etna - the highest and most active volcano in Europe. (Reuters / Antonio Parrinello)



5. A farmer rides a horse through peanut field near San Cristobal volcano (in the background), which continues to spew ash, in Chinandega, Nicaragua, September 9, 2012. Nicaragua's highest volcano threw a cloud of ash to a height of about 4 kilometers. Hundreds of local residents were forced to evacuate. (Reuters / Oswaldo Rivas)



6. Volcano erupts Flat Tolbachik on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, 29 November 2012. The volcano, which is located on the east coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, last erupted 36 years ago. (AP Photo / Yuri Demyanchuk)



7. Lava flows into the ocean in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in Kalapane, Hawaii, November 27, 2012. (Reuters / Hugh Gentry)



8. Steam rises from the hot lava that flows into the cool sea in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in Kalapane, Hawaii, November 27, 2012. (Reuters / Hugh Gentry)



9. "hair Pele" of the lava lake in the caldera of Kilauea volcano lie in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on May 3, 2012. "Hair Pele" - a volcanic glass filaments, which are formed when particles of molten lava into the air and picked up by the wind into long, hair-like strands. (Matthew Patrick / USGS)



10. Tinakula - a small island of volcanic origin, which is located in the South Pacific, 2300 kilometers northeast of Brisbane, Australia. Satellite image noticeable cloud of volcanic gas, which rises from the crater of the volcano. Due to the reflection of sunlight surface of the ocean looks so homogeneous that it is possible to see the movement of the waves. (NASA / Jesse Allen, Robert Simmon (Earth Observatory))



11. The cloud of smoke rises from the crater of the volcano Popocatepetl. View from the city of Cholula in the Mexican state of Puebla, May 24, 2012. At the foot of the volcano is the Church of Our Lady (in the foreground). (AP Photo / Chema Alvarez)



12. In this satellite image is visible pumice, which threw an underwater volcano Havre Seamount during its eruption on 19 and 20 July 2012. Within a few weeks the wind and the waves carried away to the islands of pumice Kermadec to the north-east of New Zealand. (NASA / Jeff Schmaltz LANCE / EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team, GSFC)



13. Snow-covered Mount Etna erupts near the commune of Zafferana Etnea in Italy on April 12, 2012. Southeast Crater, which was formed in 1971, is most active in the last few years. (AP Photo / Salvatore Allegra)



14. Ecuador Tungurahua volcano emits huge cloud of ash on the nearby city of Bilbao on August 21, 2012. The last time Tungurahua erupted in 1999. (Reuters / Gary Granja)



15. Fuego volcano throws ash cloud, Guatemala, September 13, 2012. After the eruption of the volcano more than 33 thousand inhabitants of the surrounding villages were forced to flee their homes. (AP Photo / Moises Castillo)



16. The cloud of smoke rises from the crater of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, November 27, 2012. (Reuters / Hugh Gentry)



17. Etna volcano throws ashes clubs during its eruption on the island of Sicily in southern Italy on January 5, 2012. (Reuters / Antonio Denti)



18. Lava flows down the slopes of a volcano on the island of Sicily Ent in southern Italy, February 9, 2012. (Reuters / Antonio Parrinello)



19. Etna volcano throws ash cloud during its eruption on the island of Sicily, April 1, 2012. (Reuters / Antonio Parrinello)



20. Tungurahua volcano spews ash, lava and pyroclastic flows, August 21, 2012. (Reuters / Gary Granja)



21. Last year's major Puyehue volcano eruption led to a lot of small eruptions in early 2012. In the photo, taken on 23 December 2011, you can see a small eruption, as well as heaps of ash and pumice, which float on the surface of the surrounding lakes. (NASA Earth Observatory / Jesse Allen)



22. Tungurahua volcano throws ashes on the outskirts of the town of Baños, August 21, 2012. (Reuters / Gary Granja)



23. The boy helps a friend to wear a protective mask provided "Red Cross" in the town of San Nicolas de los Ranchos, Mexico, April 17, 2012. Classes in local schools have been suspended due to the eruption of the volcano Popocatepetl. (Reuters / Imelda Medina)



24. Local residents are not far from the volcano Popocatepetl, which ejects ash and steam clubs, on the outskirts of Puebla, Mexico, May 2, 2012. (Reuters / Imelda Medina)



25. Tungurahua volcano spews lava and massive clouds of gas and ash near Baños 178 kilometers south of Quito, Ecuador, 23 May 2012. (Reuters / Carlos Campana)



26. Shiveluch Volcano on the Kamchatka Peninsula emits smoke and ash, 6 October 2012. Sheveluch - one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Kamchatka. (NASA / Jeff Schmaltz, LANCE MODIS Rapid Response Team)



27. Lava flows from the crater of the volcano Fuego in Guatemala, September 13, 2012. (AP Photo / Moises Castillo)



28. Birds fly near the erupting volcano Popocatepetl in Mexico on April 18, 2012. (AP Photo)



29. Underwater volcano erupts Hierro on the ocean floor south of La Restinga, Canary Islands, throwing on the surface of the substance of volcanic origin. (NASA Earth Observatory / Jesse Allen, Robert Simmon)



30. Volcano erupts Flat Tolbachik on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia on December 7, 2012. The last eruption occurred in 1976. (AP Photo / Alexander Petrov)