Tens of thousands of people have been urged to leave their homes and officials warned more eruptions could occur.

The Taal Volcano eruption in the Philippines on Sunday blasted ash plumes 9 miles into the air, amazing new satellite imagery reveals.

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The profoundly dangerous Taal — with over 24 million people living within 60 miles of the volcano — produced a scintillating, and at times mesmerizing, light show.

Ezra Acayan, a Getty Images photographer, on what he saw while photographing Taal Volcano erupting in the Philippines.

Taal volcano in the Philippines rumbled to life on Jan. 12, sending steam and sulfur skyward. Satellites have captured images of the eruption.

Dozens of towns and cities are covered in ash, flights have been grounded and a mass evacuation is underway following the eruption of the Taal Volcano, just 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of the ...

Scientists say intense seismic activity indicates magma is shifting beneath the volcano and a violent eruption is possible. Hundreds of thousands of residents are under evacuation orders.

The Taal volcano eruption in the Philippines this week sent ash plumes 9 miles (14 kilometers) into the air, new satellite imagery shows.

Authorities in the Philippines have estimated 450,000 people are in the 14 km danger zone surrounding the Taal volcano.

Volcano experts say the danger of another eruption remains high, with more than 100 tremors reported since Wednesday.

Philippine Taal volcano: Spectacular images capture impending eruption as half a million urged to evacuate Lava, lightning, and flying glass abound as nature puts on its most dangerous show.