An animation of the Mount Pinatubo eruption of 1991 in the Philippines and its effect on the global climate. The eruption caused sulphur dioxide and ash particles to be ejected into the atmosphere.

An animation of the Mount Pinatubo eruption of 1991 in the Philippines and its effect on the global climate. The eruption caused sulphur dioxide and ash particles to be ejected into the atmosphere.

Could a volcanic eruption blow ash out of the Earth ... The highest volcanic column measured on Earth, from Mount Pinatubo in 1991, rose only 22 miles. But that was above the troposphere ...