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Galeras Eruption
A volcano can be both a neighbor and a threat. In southern Colombia, Galeras watched over the city of Pasto, visible from kitchen windows and market stalls. But its steady presence hid a danger that would one day upend ordinary life and scientific certainty.Galeras was no ordinary mountain. It shaped the rhythms of the Nariño region—pasture on its flanks, fields and homes in its shadow, church bells echoing below. Its summit, shrouded in steam, was a constant reminder that the landscape itself could become an event. To live here meant living with risk, every day. Pasto sat close enough that…
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