The ‘end of the world’ swing in Banos, Ecuador, overlooking an erupting Mt. Tungurahua. Photo by Sean Hacker Teper, submitted recently to the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. Sean says: “The eruption took place on February 1st, 2014. Minutes after the photo was taken, we had to evacuate the area because of an incoming ash cloud.” Send …

After Chile’s Puyehue volcano erupted over the weekend, the resulting ash cloud produced violent lightning storms as never before seen. Visit the Chile Volcano Plume Gallery for additional photos. More exciting content at National Geographic. Photograph by Francisco Negroni, Agenci Uno/European Pressphoto Agency