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An aerial view shows Shinmoedake volcano erupting on Jan. 27. Ash and rocks fell across a wide swathe of southern Japan straddling the prefectures of Miyazaki and Kagoshima on Thursday, as one of Mount Kirishima's many calderas erupted, prompting authorities to raise alert levels and call for an evacuation of all residents within a 1.2 mile radius of the volcano.

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A handout photo taken and released by the Kirishima city government on Jan. 27 shows smoke rising from Mt. Shinmoedake in the Kirishima mountain range in Kagoshima prefecture, in Japan's southern island of Kyushu. The volcano erupted on Jan. 26.

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A handout photo taken and released by the Kirishima city government on Jan. 27 shows smoke rising from Mt. Shinmoedake.

Shinmoedake volcano erupts in Japan

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I love these shots. Remember kiddies, lest we forget, who really runs the show. Mother Nature is making her presence known.

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Reply#1 - Thu Jan 27, 2011 9:39 AM EST

The only place left where there is Global Warming!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Reply#2 - Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:06 AM EST

And in Delaware USA they are digging for their cars.

    Reply#3 - Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:11 AM EST

    if it were not threatening, it would be breathtakingly beautiful. This is spectacular no doubt, I am awed!

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