A 1700 meter high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
An eruption started on January 26th, 2011 at 7:30 AM. It is the strongest eruption since 1959, spewing smoke up to 2.5 km in the air and throwing Volcanic bombs up to 1.5 km. An area of 2 km around the volcano has been evacuated.
In The News, Volcanoes
Links: en.wikipedia.org, www.livescience.com
By: mlc1us
Erupting volcano is not Karakunidake but Shinmoedake (新燃岳).
Shinmoedake is located about 3km southeast of Karakunidake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinmoedake
http://tenki.jp/volcano/ (Japanese)