Snowcapped Mt. Ontake

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on Oct. 15, 2014, shows snowcapped Mt. Ontake in central Japan, whose eruption Sept. 27 has claimed 56 lives with seven people remaining missing. Kengamine, the highest peak of the mountain, is seen in the background and one of its ponds, called Ninoike, is seen in front.

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