Galapagos volcano erupts, lava flows into sea threatening wildlife
A volcano erupted spewing out lava in the Galapagos Islands, threatening wildlife, officials from the Galapagos National Park said.
Dramatic television images, distributed by Galapagos National Park of the eruption, showed clouds of gases and smoke rising hundreds of meters into the sky around La Cumbre volcano and streams of molten lava pouring into the sea, on its northern slope.
Officials from the park said in a news release that iguanas, snakes, endemic rats, flightless cormorants, penguins and other marine wildlife could be affected by the eruption as the lava drains into the sea.
The Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School reported a column of gas rose more than 2 - 3 kilometers (1.2 - 1.8 miles) into the sky with winds blowing towards the north west of the islands. The Institute is monitoring seismic and volcanic activity at the volcano.
The Galapagos islands are part of Ecuador and lie 600 miles (1,000 km) west of the South American mainland.
(Source: Reuters)
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