almost more like a slow-moving a'a lava flow than what we picture with pyroclastic flows. You can check out the full annotation from Rudiger Escobar Wolf for this video with all the details.

During an eruption, a volcano can produce pyroclastic flows, ashfall, volcanic bombs, lava-flows, mass-wasting events and sometimes tsunami. Pyroclastic flows are hot avalanches of debris and gases.

Rising silica levels in magma also give way to pyroclastic flows, a quick-moving mixture of lava, ash, gas and rock pieces that can be deadly because they cause asphyxiation, Mertzman says.

The lava flows would spread over about 40 miles (64km). Everything within a 50-mile (80km) radius would be destroyed by a pyroclastic flow. America smothered with volcanic ash The ash cloud would ...

In short, the image was indeed a real photo of lava flowing from Mount Etna. Italian photographer Davide Basile captured it ...

Pyroclastic flow. Hot gas, ash and rock mixed together to make a deadly cloud that flows down the side of the volcano. It’s not all bad. They can also be tourist attractions! The lava and ash ...