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Nevado del Ruiz lahar pathway, Colombia <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/149408/nevado_del_ruiz_colombia.html" title="Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/149408_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1689206410&Signature=57Vw8wfoYhYc44duohyjTYHlYi8%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia An active volcano at elevation 5,321m. It is notorious for a 1985 event where an eruption led to a mud stream down the flanks of the volcano that would erase the town of Armero (situated a stunning 5,000m lower), leaving 23,000+ death. Especially tragic was that those in the know of it coming, failed to get through to the national and local authorities whom framed it as "scaremongering". Next, as it became absolutely sure that the town would be hit, the town's electricity grid failed, making communication impossible.<br />
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armero_tragedy<br />
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This photo shows the beginning of one of the four pathways where during a 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz, lahar (a mud stream) made it down the volcano. It would ultimately erase the town of Armero, situated almost 5,000m lower. Colombia,Colombia 2022,Fall,Geotagged,South America,Termales del Ruiz,World

Nevado del Ruiz lahar pathway, Colombia

Nevado del Ruiz, Colombia An active volcano at elevation 5,321m. It is notorious for a 1985 event where an eruption led to a mud stream down the flanks of the volcano that would erase the town of Armero (situated a stunning 5,000m lower), leaving 23,000+ death. Especially tragic was that those in the know of it coming, failed to get through to the national and local authorities whom framed it as "scaremongering". Next, as it became absolutely sure that the town would be hit, the town's electricity grid failed, making communication impossible.<br />
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armero_tragedy<br />
https://www.jungledragon.com/image/149409/nevado_del_ruiz_lahar_pathway_colombia.html Colombia,Colombia 2022,Fall,Geotagged,South America,Termales del Ruiz,World

See description in above photo for background/context.

This photo shows the beginning of one of the four pathways where during a 1985 eruption of Nevado del Ruiz, lahar (a mud stream) made it down the volcano. It would ultimately erase the town of Armero, situated almost 5,000m lower.

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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded May 16, 2023. Captured Sep 25, 2022 10:12 in WMM2+2G Herveo, Tolima, Colombia.

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NIKON D850
f/4.5
1/250s
ISO100
80mm

Captured in the fall. More fall photos.