The Shinmoedake volcano, which featured in the 1967 James Bond film "You Only Live Twice", continued a series of deafening blasts which began with the start of its first major eruption for 52 years in late January. See earlier pictures here.

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A plume of smoke rises from the crater of Mount Shinmoedake in the Kirishima mountain range of Kagoshima prefecture on Japan's southern island of Kyushu on Feb. 7.