Indonesia: Mount Marapi Erupts, Ash Plume Reaches 1.6 Kilometers 5

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted on Wednesday morning, July 23, sending an ash plume 1.6 kilometers into the sky. The alert level remains at II, with residents advised to avoid areas within a three-kilometer radius of the crater.

Indonesia: Mount Marapi Erupts, Ash Plume Reaches 1.6 Kilometers 3

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted on Wednesday morning, July 23, sending an ash plume 1.6 kilometers into the sky. The alert level remains at II, with residents advised to avoid areas within a three-kilometer radius of the crater.

Indonesia: Mount Marapi Erupts, Ash Plume Reaches 1.6 Kilometers 4

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted on Wednesday morning, July 23, sending an ash plume 1.6 kilometers into the sky. The alert level remains at II, with residents advised to avoid areas within a three-kilometer radius of the crater.

Indonesia: Mount Marapi Erupts, Ash Plume Reaches 1.6 Kilometers

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted on Wednesday morning, July 23, sending an ash plume 1.6 kilometers into the sky. The alert level remains at II, with residents advised to avoid areas within a three-kilometer radius of the crater.

Indonesia: Mount Marapi Erupts, Ash Plume Reaches 1.6 Kilometers 2

Mount Marapi in West Sumatra erupted on Wednesday morning, July 23, sending an ash plume 1.6 kilometers into the sky. The alert level remains at II, with residents advised to avoid areas within a three-kilometer radius of the crater.

Giant conveyer belt begins operations in Rikuzentakata

Giant conveyer belt begins operations in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Children and other guests cut the tape during a ceremony to start operation of a giant conveyor belt in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, on March 24, 2014. The three-kilometer belt is designed to carry soil for a massive project to move residential areas to higher ground that will be less vulnerable to tsunami than the neighborhoods swept away in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Giant conveyor belt begins operations in Rikuzentakata

Giant conveyor belt begins operations in Rikuzentakata

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Photo taken on March 24, 2014, shows a giant conveyor belt in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, which was devastated in the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. The three-kilometer belt, beginning operation the same day, is designed to carry soil for a massive project to move residential areas to higher ground that will be less vulnerable to tsunami.