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Mount Oyama

Tuesday, 20th June 2006 by

Update: Since posting this 4 hours ago, Mount Oyama has been updated to some jaw-dropping high-resolution imagery. Timing huh!? This is Mount Oyama on the Japanese island of Miyakejima, which is seen here spouting a rather impressive plume of steam. In August 2000 all the island’s inhabitants were evacuated due to the eruptions which started in July of that year. Described as a “3,000 foot column of steam, smoke, and…

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