20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

20th anniv. of Fugen Peak eruption

SHIMABARA, Japan - Girls watch lighted candles during an event to commemorate the victims of a pyroclastic flow from Fugen Peak on Mt. Unzen in Nagasaki Prefecture on June 3, 2011, the 20th anniversary of the disaster that claimed the lives of 43 people. The mountain is seen in the background.

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