Japanese volcano Mount Aso on island of Kyushu erupts
Source: The Guardian
Japanese TV shows huge plumes of ash and smoke billowing from volcano on the countrys southernmost main island
Mount Aso, a volcano located on Japans southernmost main island of Kyushu, erupted on Monday, Japans Meteorological Agency said, sending up huge plumes of grey ash and smoke.
Japan lies on the Ring of Fire a horseshoe-shaped band of fault lines and volcanoes around the edges of the Pacific ocean and is home to more than 100 active volcanoes.
Last year, Mount Ontake in central Japan erupted unexpectedly, killing 63, the worst volcanic disaster for nearly 90 years. In May, a remote island south of Kyushu was evacuated due to another eruption.
Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/14/japanese-volcano-mount-aso-on-island-of-kyushu-erupts
MADem
(135,425 posts)Old footage from a year (almost) ago:
0rganism
(23,856 posts)all those floods, now a huge volcano
plus the messup with the Olympics logo
seems like they can't catch a break lately
eppur_se_muova
(36,227 posts)jmowreader
(50,453 posts)Lydia Leftcoast
(48,217 posts)The guide told us that if the mountain began spitting up boulders, as it sometimes does, we should head for the shelters carved into the side of the mountain. Fortunately, the mountain was in a good mood that day and did absolutely nothing.
youceyec
(394 posts)for the way they treat our dolphin friends.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Four of its 17 active volcanoes have erupted so far this year--
Asosan, Sakurajima, Kuchinoerabujima, and Suwanosejima.
http://www.data.jma.go.jp/svd/vois/data/fukuoka/volcanofk.html
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)It is a lot quieter over here in Korea if you want to join us.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)Although I'll have to admit that last week's flood was a little too close for comfort.
Lodestar
(2,388 posts)They are just a sliver perched precariously on the edge of a very active ring.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)and the country straddles 4 different tectonic plates. A precarious perch, indeed.