Posted on 04/18/2016 10:06:26 AM PDT by Red Badger
Edited on 04/18/2016 6:08:55 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Plumes of smoke rose some 100 meters into the sky, according to local media and videos captured by witnesses. The eruption of Mt. Aso, located in southern Japan, was recorded at around 11:30pm GMT Friday.
Since small eruptions had been recorded at Mt. Aso even before the series of deadly quakes hit the area on Thursday and Friday, the Japanese Meteorological Agency has reportedly decided to keep the alert level at 2 on a scale of 1-5.
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Imagine it on Wheel of Fortune!
We had been supporting Operation Sea Angel after the giant Bay of Bengal cyclone, pulled into Subic a few days after the big Pintubo eruption then got back to Sasebo and Mt Unzen erupting not too far away. It was an interesting year.
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