Chicken walk around on deserted Miyakejima Island

Chicken walk around on deserted Miyakejima Island

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Chicken walk around in the front yard of a deserted house on Miyakajima Island on Sept. 6, two days after all remaining residents of the volcanic island, south of Tokyo, were evacuated due to fears of massive pyroclastic flows.

(2)Gas pipe laid at Miyakajima volcano crater

(2)Gas pipe laid at Miyakajima volcano crater

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken by the Metropolitan Anti-Disaster Headquarters on April 14 shows the pipeline laid at the top of Mt. Oyama, the active volcano on Miyakejima Island, to collect poisonous gas for analysis from the crater basin about 200 meters below. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the amount of sulfur dioxide (SO2) spewed into the atmosphere by Mt. Oyama is almost equal to the 15 million tons of SO2 generated in total by active volcanoes around the world in a year.

(1)Gas pipe laid at Miyakajima volcano crater

(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.

Chickins walk around on deserted Miyakejima Island

Chickins walk around on deserted Miyakejima Island

MIYAKEJIMA, Japan - Chicken walk around in the front yard of a deserted house on Miyakajima Island on Sept. 6, two days after all remaining residents of the volcanic island, south of Tokyo, were evacuated due to fears of massive pyroclastic flows.