Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 2:28 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2014. A mountain lodge covered in ash is seen at top, to the right. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day, with about 10 hikers injured.

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