Skier and riders at Nevados de Chillán ski resort got a front row seat to a volcanic eruption. The explosion emitted a 5,000-foot column of dust and ash.

Freeskier Birgit Erti captures the nearby volcano exploding from chairlift.

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Chile’s national emergency office, ONEMI, issued a yellow alert — the second highest on its scale — to communities living in the vicinity of the Nevados de Chillán volcano.

Gonzalo Llamas Sebesta — who works for a production company in Argentina — captured the footage as he road a chairlift.