Chile's Calbuco volcano explosively erupted on Wednesday evening, sending ash and other material high into the stratosphere. The volcano is located in southern Chile, within the Llanquihue National Reserve and about 22 miles outside the city of Puerto Montt.

According to the Global Volcanism Project of the Smithsonian Institution, the volcano last erupted in 1972, and has a history of violent eruptions. It was the source of one of the largest recorded eruptions in Chilean history, which occurred in 1893-1894.

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In both of these timelapse videos, flashes of lightning can be seen flickering in the ash cloud billowing up from the volcano's peak. Much like wildfires can with their plumes of smoke, ash clouds such as this can create their own thunderstorms, which are known as "pyrocumulonimbus" clouds.

According to the Associated Press, evacuations have been ordered for locations near the eruption site, although no lava flows down the mountain have been observed.