Cotopaxi: Plume of gas rises from Ecuador volcano

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A huge plume of gas is rising from the stratovolcano located near Ecuador's capital, Quito.

Ecuador's Cotopaxi volcano has been emitting a plume of gas and vapour which over the weekend reached a height of 1.8km above its crater.

Ash from the volcano has fallen south of the capital, Quito, and in surrounding valleys, according to the Ecuadoran Geophysical Institute. The volcano has been emitting gases since October but the plume rising from it this weekend was unusually high.Ecuador's Geophysics Institute tweeted a photo taken from a drone of the plume of vapour rising from Cotopaxi's snow-capped peak.

 

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