Volcanic eruptions: Amazing photos of volcanoes in action

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In this Jan. 27, 2011 photo released by Takaharu Town Office, lightening is pictured with time exposure during an eruption from Mount Shinmoedake in the Kirishima range on the border of Kagoshima and Miyazaki prefectures, southern Japan. Smoke and ash continued to spew from the volcano in southern Japan on Thursday as local officials raised the alert level and banned residents from going within a two kilometer (1.2 miles) radius of the mountain. (AP Photo/Takaharu Town Office, Shuji Uchimura) MANDATORY CREDIT

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A handout photo released taken and released by the Kirishima city government (KCG) on January 27 shows smoke rising from Mt. Shinmoedake in the Kirishima mountain range in Kagoshima prefecture, in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Train and flight services were suspended on Friday after a volcano in southwest Japan saw its first major eruption for 52 years

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FILE - In this April 16, 2010 file photo, the volcano in southern Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull glacier sends ash into the air just prior to sunset. The ash from the volcano paralyzed air traffic for days in Europe, disrupting travel for more than 7 million people. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti, File)

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A column of smoke and ashes comes out from the Tungurahua volcano in Pelileo, Ecuador, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. No casualties were reported.

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Siswanto cleans the rooftop of his home from volcanic ash spewed from Mount Merapi at Balerante, Klaten, Indonesia, Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. The volcano started erupting late last month after years of dormancy.

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An Indonesian man watches as Mount Merapi erupts in Kepuharjo, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010. Indonesia's most dangerous volcano is once again sending searing gas clouds and burning rocks down its scorched flanks.

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FILE - In this Thursday Nov. 4, 2004 file photo a cloud of ash erupts from Grimsvotn, a lake in the middle of Vatnajokull, the biggest glacier in Iceland. Torrents of water are pouring from a glacier that sits atop Iceland's most active volcano, an indication that the mountain is growing hotter and may be about to erupt, scientists said Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. The flood that began Thursday at the Grimsvotn volcano is similar to one in 2004 that lasted five days and ended with an eruption that disrupted European air traffic, University of Iceland geophysicist Pall Einarsson said.

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