The eruption of Mount Sinabung on Sumatra Island occurs after more than a year of inactivity, as the government warned citizens and tourists about lava flows imaginable. Antara Photo / Sastrawan Ginting / via REUTERS
Residents were asked to stay outdoors within 3km of the volcano and use a mask to minimize the effects of volcanic ash falling, the volcanology firm said in a statement. Elita Pebriyanti / through REUTERS
Dramatic photographs of the morning eruption captured through the locals showed a giant cloud of coarse ash emerging from the most sensitive 2,460-meter (8071-foot) mountain in Karo, northern Sumatra. Gilbert Sembiring REUTERS
Sinabung, located in one of the world’s most volcanically active countries, had been dormant for centuries before its new eruption in 2010. Antara Photo / Sastrawan Ginting / REUTERS
Farmers remove volcanic ash from vegetables after the eruption of the Mount Sinabung volcano in Karo, North Sumatra province, Indonesia, on August 11. Antara Photo / Sastrawan Ginting / REUTERS
Mount Sinabung sheds volcanic ash in Karo, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on August 10. Antara Photo / Sastrawan Ginting / REUTERS
The Sinabung volcano dumps volcanic ash in an eruption in Karo, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, on August 10. Fachrur Rozi Pasi via REUTERS
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