Nature - 1st prize
Philippe Bourseiller & Arnaud de Wildenberg
Le Figaro Magazine
Le Figaro Magazine
01 June, 1991
The eruption of the 1,780m high volcano, Mount Pinatubo, which had lain dormant for over 600 years. Mass evacuation got underway as ash and stones rained from the sky. Nearby US Clark Air Force Base sustained so much damage that the Pentagon decided to close it. The eruption left over 330 dead and 250,000 homeless.