Close Up On A Spectacular Volcanic Eruption

Back in March, I posted some intensely cool pictures and video of the erupting Volcán de Colima, also known as Tonaltepetl. They were taken by César Cantú, an amazing astrophotographer. He recently posted more pictures of the Mar. 30, 2015 eruption, and seriously, what can I say by Holy Haleakala!* That picture above shows the early seconds of an eruption, as Cantú points out the very moment when magma turns into lava. The eruption blasted molten rock and ash into the sky, and in this six-s...