CORRECTION-JAPAN-VOLCANO CORRECTION-REMOVING RESTRICTIONThis handout picture taken by Kagoshima Local Meteorological Observatory on August 18, 2013 and released by Japan Meteorological Agency on August 19, 2013 shows smoke rising from the 1,117-meter Mount Sakurajima at Kagoshima city in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. The volcano erupted an ash plume up to 5,000 metres into the air. It was the 500th eruption this year of Sakurajima, which is about 950 kilometres southwest of Tokyo. AFP PHOTO / JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY---EDITORS NOTE---HANDOUT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
CORRECTION-JAPAN-VOLCANO CORRECTION-REMOVING RESTRICTIONThis handout picture taken by Kagoshima Local Meteorological Observatory on August 18, 2013 and released by Japan Meteorological Agency on August 19, 2013 shows smoke rising from the 1,117-meter Mount Sakurajima at Kagoshima city in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. The volcano erupted an ash plume up to 5,000 metres into the air. It was the 500th eruption this year of Sakurajima, which is about 950 kilometres southwest of Tokyo. AFP PHOTO / JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY---EDITORS NOTE---HANDOUT RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS — AFP
Mikinn reykjarstrók leggur úr eldfjallinu Sakurajima á Kyushu-eyju í suðurhluta Japans en gos hófst í því á sunnudag. Öskuskýið náði um fimm kílómetra upp í loftið og hefur töluvert af ösku lagt yfir borgina Kagoshima.
Mikinn reykjarstrók leggur úr eldfjallinu Sakurajima á Kyushu-eyju í suðurhluta Japans en gos hófst í því á sunnudag. Öskuskýið náði um fimm kílómetra upp í loftið og hefur töluvert af ösku lagt yfir borgina Kagoshima. Þetta var í fimmhundraðasta skiptið sem eldfjallið gýs á þessu ári en gosið stóð aðeins í fimmtíu mínútur. Auk öskunnar rann lítil hraunspýja um kílómetra frá gígnum.