street covered with ashes from the Chaiten volcano in neighbouring Chile

View of a park covered with ashes from the Chaiten volcano --in neighbouring Chile--in Esquel, province of Chubut, some 1,900 km southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 6, 2008. The volcano, which has erupted for the first time, has buried the region under a blanket of ash.

General view of the ashes spewed by the Chaiten volcano as seen from Argentinian territory, in Esquel, province of Chubut, some 1,900 km southwest of Buenos Aires, on May 6, 2008. The volcano, which has erupted for the first time, has buried the region under a blanket of ash, causing massive evacuations from Chaiten and its surroundings.

View of a street covered with ashes from the Chaiten volcano --in neighbouring Chile-- in Esquel, province of Chubut, some 1,900 km southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 6, 2008. The volcano, which has erupted for the first time, has buried the region under a blanket of ash, causing massive evacuations from Chaiten and its surroundings in both countries.

People walk in a street covered with ashes from the Chaiten volcano --in neighbouring Chile-- in Esquel, province of Chubut, some 1,900 km southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 6, 2008. The volcano, which has erupted for the first time, has buried the region under a blanket of ash, causing massive evacuations from Chaiten and its surroundings in both countries.

View of a street covered with ashes from the Chaiten volcano in neighbouring Chile, in Esquel, province of Chubut, some 1,900 km southwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 5, 2008. The volcano, which has erupted for the first time, has buried the region under a blanket of ash, causing massive evacuations from Chaiten and its surroundings in both countries.