The Shinmoedake volcano in southern Japan has for several days created a magnificent spectacle in the air, but its ash makes Kagoshima Prefecture residents hard to clean and damage crops.

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The white smoke dunes are high up from Shinmoedake crater since it started
eruption day 1/2.Photo taken on February 5.

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A group of television reporters made news about the volcano

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The magnificent spectacle in the sky in the afternoon, when the volcano fires dust.

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Volcanic landscape seen from an airplane.

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A resident of Kagoshima Prefecture had to climb the roof to remove volcanic ash.

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Thick dust covered the street.

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Hundreds of households have to evacuate to the local emergency center, avoiding the impact
of dust and smoke.

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A Japanese farmer looked at cabbage plants covered with ash from the volcano.