Piton de la Fournaise, literally Peak of the Furnace, a volcano in France's Reunion island, erupted for the fifth time this year, leading to the formation of a 'river of fire' as lava continued to flow down the volcano top.

The Reunion is an island above a hotspot in the Earth's crust. The volcano on the eastern end of this island is very active because of the tectonic movements. Since the volcano is somewhat similar in climate and volcanic nature to the ones in Hawaii in the U.S., it is sometimes called "sister of the Hawaiian volcanoes."

(All images via VCG. Courtesy to Richard Bouhet)

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