La Palma volcano: Social media photos capture eruption in Spain’s Canary Islands
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LA PALMA, Canary Islands — A volcano on Spain’s Canary Islands that began erupting Sept. 19 now appears to be in “a phase of lower activity,” the Institute of Geosciences in Madrid said Monday. In the past week, the eruption in La Palma island’s Cumbre Vieja range displaced thousands of people and destroyed 500 buildings, according to The Associated Press.
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano at the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. A volcano on Spain's Atlantic Ocean island of La Palma erupted Sunday after a weeklong buildup of seismic activity, prompting authorities to evacuate thousands as lava flows destroyed isolated houses and threatened to reach the coast. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano at the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano at the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano at the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Lava and smoke flow from an eruption of a volcano at the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano at the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano at the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Lava flows from an eruption of a volcano at the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Smoke rises at the Cumbre Viegja volcanic on the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Photos: Volcano on Spain's Canary Islands erupts, sparking mass evacuations Smoke rises at the Cumbre Viegja volcanic on the island of La Palma in the Canaries, Spain, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Jonathan Rodriguez)
Social media users are sharing photos of the eruption with the hashtags #LaPalma and #CumbreVieja. Here are some of those images: