(1)Gas pipe laid at Miyakajima volcano crater

TOKYO, Japan - Two metropolitan firefighters approach the edge of the crater of Mt. Oyama, the active volcano on Miyakejima Island, 200 kilometers south of Tokyo, to lay a pipeline to collect poisonous gas for analysis from the crater basin. The photo taken on April 14 was provided by the Metropolitan Anti-Disaster Headquarters.

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