<p><a id="internal-source-marker_0.6997266063776277" href="http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/countries/ecuador-guide/">Ecuador</a>'s <a href="http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine#s=h&amp;c=-1.474065265973837, -78.45216751098634&amp;z=12">Tungurahua volcano (satellite map)</a>—seen here from the town of Cotalo—shot truck-size boulders nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) away Friday, prompting the evacuation of at least 300 people, according to the Associated Press.</p><p>Tungurahua—"throat of fire" in the indigenous Quechua language—sits high in the Andes mountains, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of Quito, Ecuador's densely populated capital.</p><p>Eruptions are nothing new for the 16,500-foot (5,000-meter) <a href="http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/volcano-profile/">volcano</a>, which roared back to life in 1999 after nearly 80 years of dormancy. (Related: <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/03/110310-most-dangerous-volcanoes-magma-chamber-dormant-science/">"'Sleeping' Volcanoes Can wake Up Faster Than Thought."</a>)</p><p><em>—Korena Di Roma</em></p>