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Figure 12.23Satellite image of the huge ash cloud spewing from the erupting Cordón Caulle volcano in central Chile on June 13, 2011. The ash plume extends 800 km from the snow-covered Andes mountains (on left side of photo) to the Argentine city of Buenos Aires (center right of photo). This ash cloud encircled the planet, closing airports in Australia and New Zealand.