
Sakurajima seen from E-side |

sunset with Sakurajima to the right
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sunset
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eruption with high speed lava bombs in front |

beginning of strong eruption, lava bombs bursting on flank |

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ash cloud drifting away |

inactive phase with clear crater view |

slowly starting eruption |

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ashfall |

erosion created canyon on flank of old crater |

ash eruption above forest |

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extruded lava block |

erosion gullys |

view to active crater |

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last remnant of vegetation |

flowering bush giving sharp contrast to the dead lava fields around |
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Sakurajima seen from W |

ash eruption at dusk |

full moon night with Orion constellation to the left |

normal state - slightly steaming
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small strombolian |

ashfall |

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cherry blossom |

now reaching maximum phase |

beginning of a strong eruption |
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beginning of a strong eruption with condensating ring around the crater rim |
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ash cloud with impacting lavabombs |
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Ferry to Kagoishima |

cherry blossom |

Kagoshima |

war memorial |
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Kagoshima with Sakurajima behind |

small eruption |

Sakurajima seen from S |

ash warning sign |

ash phase with heavy lightning at 9.4. between 19:50h... |
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sum of multiple exposures |

sum of multiple exposures |

...and 21:30h |

strombolian phase |
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emitting single lava bomb |
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small explosion in morning light |

high speed eruption with shock wave causing condensation on crater rim |
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leaving the area - view back |
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