This 7x-speed footage captures a massive pyroclastic flow racing down Indonesia’s Mount Semeru as the volcano unleashed a powerful eruption. | AccuWeather

WATCH: A pyroclastic density current (PDC), locally known as "uson,” was recorded over the Mayon Volcano at 10:40 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26. Phivolcs said the flow lasted seven minutes, reaching some 2.5 kilometers from the summit crater and generating an over 1-kilometer-tall grayish to brownish ash cloud that drifted southwest. Alert Level 3 remains in effect over Mayon. | 🎥: Phivolcs/X via Fritz Dominique Madulid, INQUIRER.net trainee | INQUIRER.net

When a volcano erupts, pyroclastic flows are often the biggest danger to anyone nearby. These fast-flowing currents of rock, ash and hot gas are extremely difficult to study, so researchers created their own. Read the related Nature Geoscience paper here: https://go.nature.com/2Im1bYs | Nature Portfolio

MAYON LOGS LARGEST PYROCLASTIC FLOW #MayonVolcano generated its largest pyroclastic density current (PDC) to date at 10:35 a.m. Monday, sending volcanic material down the Mi-isi Gully for about four kilometers, #PHIVOLCS reported. The PDC produced a brownish ash plume more than two kilometers high that drifted southwest, causing ashfall in several barangays of Camalig and Guinobatan. PHIVOLCS said Alert Level 3 remains in effect, and entry into the six-kilometer-radius Permanent Danger Zone is s

A breathtaking yet terrifying moment as Chile’s Calbuco Volcano unleashes a massive pyroclastic flow stretching over 7 km at sunset. The sky burns with fiery hues while ash clouds tower into the heavens, capturing the raw, unstoppable force of nature. A scene that reminds us how small we truly are before the power of the Earth. #Ethiopia #volcanoeruption #EpicEruption | Space Xplore

NEWBORN LAVA DOME SPOTTED AT MAYON VOLCANO AS PYROCLASTIC FLOW OCCURS A newborn dark lava dome was observed at the summit of Mayon Volcano as it released a pyroclastic density current (PDC), or “uson,” at around 11:40 AM on Jan. 8. A total of 49 PDCs have been recorded at the volcano since this morning. Alert Level 3 remains in effect over Mayon, and entry into the 6-kilometer Permanent Danger Zone is strictly prohibited. 📷: PHIVOLCS | GMA Public Affairs