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It’s not the orange glow of a sunset. On Monday, a volcanic eruption on the Galapagos Islands lit up the night sky, spewing rivers of lava and threatening the region’s iconic wildlife.

Wolf volcano is located on Isabela island, which is also home to the world’s only population of pink iguanas, pictured below. The species was apparently missed by Charles Darwin during his exploration of the Galapagos and only discovered much later, in 1986. The oversight isn’t surprising: there are thought to be

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Thankfully, along with their neighbours, yellow iguanas and giant tortoises. The volcano is still erupting, but it has calmed down and the lava streams are flowing away from where the animals live.

Wolf volcano last erupted 33 years ago. It is one of five volcanoes on Isabela island, the largest in the Galapagos archipelago.