Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan on Sept. 27, 2014. The volcano erupted shortly before noon that day. Mt. Fuji is seen in the background, to the right.

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