Today's eruption in Chile had some shocking accompaniment. Lightning flashes around the ash plume above the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcano chain near Entrelagos on June 5, 2011.

That’s where lab experiments come into play. There aren’t many scientific institutions capable of making realistic-enough volcanic blasts and generating lightning; the Ludwig Maximilian ...

Volcanic Lightning As sparks flew during the eruption of Mount St. Augustine in Alaska, ... "There's some mechanism in there that's making it come out charged," says Thomas, ...

Volcanic lightning is one of nature’s most epic displays, but what exactly causes the phenomenon is a longstanding mystery. Now, by studying high-speed ...

Volcanic eruptions that spit lightning? These incredible images are not the work of some devious Photoshop wiz, but come from the camera of Martin Rietze, who captured this eruption of the ...

How eerie green lightning zapped an erupting volcano Green lightning strikes as the Chaiten volcano erupts during storms in the middle of the night on May 3, 2008 in Chile. UPI photo / Landov.

A spectacular video showing huge bolts of lightning shooting out of a volcano in a Guatemalan city has gone viral on the internet. The footage was captured on July 10 by Sergio Garcia in Antigua.

MANILA — Philippine authorities have urged a "total evacuation" of nearly half a million people near the capital Manila after a volcano spewed ash up to nine miles into the air Sunday, prompting ...

Volcanic ash spewed by Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano, and unseasonal thunderstorms, have caused flight delays, diversions and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A storm of charged particles coursing through a volcanic ash cloud sparked the spectacular green lightning seen at Chile's Chaiten Volcano in 2008, a researcher said here Monday ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A storm of charged particles coursing through a volcanic ash cloud sparked the spectacular green lightning seen at Chile's Chaiten Volcano in 2008, a researcher said here Monday ...