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In related news, Indonesian volcano erupts.
(AP Photo/Ed Wray)
In other volcano news from AP, Mount Merapi is at its highest level of activity as of Monday. Shown: what locals call "shaggy sheep clouds" coming down from Merapi volcano. This combination of volcanic gas, hot ash and debris, is known as a pyroclastic flow. Villages have been evacuating but some cite spiritual reasons for staying in the area. 
(AP Photo/Ed Wray)
Shown: the volcano as seen from the Cangkarang village in Central Java, Indonesia. Posted by Thuy |
15 May 1:42 PM
