Day 1: First Night of the Eruption | Sep 19, 2021 | La Palma Volcano, Canary Islands

🌋 DAY 1: THE ERUPTION BEGINS — SEPTEMBER 19, 2021 As darkness falls over La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands, an extraordinary spectacle unfolds. Brilliant fountains of molten lava illuminate the night sky as a new volcano erupts along the Cumbre Vieja volcanic ridge. This remarkable archival footage captures the very first night of the September 19, 2021 eruption — the beginning of an event that would transform the island over the next 85 days. Earlier that afternoon, following more than a week of increasing seismic activity and ground deformation, magma broke through the surface near Cabeza de Vaca in the municipality of El Paso. Multiple eruptive vents opened, sending fountains of incandescent lava and volcanic ash into the atmosphere. It was La Palma's first volcanic eruption in 50 yea