Eruption from Sakurajima volcano this afternoon (image: screenshot embedded video / X)
The volcano remains highly active. Strong vulcanian-type explosions occur almost daily, or even more often.
An eruption this afternoon produced impressive shock waves (visible in the video embedded) and billowing ash plumes rising up to 5-6 km altitude. Several volcanic ash alert messages to aviation have been issued by Tokyo VAAC.
Sakurajima in Japan today. You can see the shockwave (video shows multiple angles)pic.twitter.com/1MZ3UE4VjR
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