Japan's Sakurajima volcano in the southern city of Kagoshima erupted for the 500th time this year. On Sunday, Sakurajima sent ash as high as 3 miles into the sky, a record for the active volcano.
Residents of Kagoshima are used to their volcano blowing its top. They wore rain coats and masks, but kept going about their business as if snow and not ash was falling from the sky.
"The smoke was a bit dramatic, but we are kind of used to it," an anonymous city official told reporters. The official's identify remained concealed because he or she was not authorized to speak with the media.
Sunday's eruption was larger than usual for the Sakurajima volcano. Residents spent most of Monday morning washing the ash from their cars and sidewalks. Lava spilled out from the volcano and large boulders rolled down the mountain side. The eruption took place 6 miles from Kagoshima. No injuries have been reported.
Sakurajima is one of the most active volcanos on the planet, this can also make the mountain one of the most dangerous. Volcanodiscovery.com said this volcano is one of the few in the world that is in a constant and persistent state of eruption. The volcano often erupts at least once in a 24-hour period. It has even been known to go off once every four hours.
Since the volcano is so close to a largely populated area its activity has been closely monitored, going back as early as the eighth century. Volcanodiscovery.com says,
"[Sakurajima] has frequently deposited ash on Kagoshima, and due to its explosive potential, considered a very dangerous volcano and closely monitored. The largest historical eruptions of Sakurajima took place during 1471-76 and in 1914."
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