A double lenticular cloud is illuminated at nightfall by the lava emitted from the Villarrica volcano, Chile.
Villarrica is in the town of Pucón in the south of Chile. It’s one of the country’s most active volcanoes and last erupted in 2015.
Francisco takes regular trips to Villarrica to monitor its activity. On this visit, he stayed nearby for 10 nights.
He says every trip is “quite an adventure – never knowing what the volcano might surprise you with”. Some nights are calm, others furious as in this photograph, where the brightness of the crater illuminates the night sky.
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Born in Chile, Francisco studied photography and went on to work as a freelance photojournalist for various newspapers and international agencies in his home country. Four years ago, he began to work in landscape and nature photography. He leads photographic safaris to some of Chile’s most active volcanoes and this year held his first exhibition on the Cordón Caulle eruption.
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