Mount Sinabung eruptions show nature’s awe and chaos

Residents watch as dark giant ash clouds rise from the crater of Mount Sinabung volcano during an eruption on Oct. 8, 2014, as seen from Karo district located on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, following an earlier eruption on Oct. 5, 2014. (Sutanta Aditya/AFP/Getty Images)

The latest in a recent set of eruptions of Mount Sinabung in Indonesia occurred Wednesday afternoon forcing hundreds of residents to flee. The volcano has been active since September 2013, and in February it erupted again, causing hundreds more to flee. Freelance photographer Sutanta Aditya captured the awe and chaos of nature’s wrath.