[Rockhounds] Indonesian 'Mountain of Fire' Erupts Again

[Kreigh Tomaszewski]

Indonesian officials are monitoring the country's most active volcano after
it erupted again Saturday morning, launching hot ash clouds high into the
air, and sending lava spewing down the side of the mountain.

Ash plumes shot more than 600 feet into the air as volcanic debris spilled
down the slopes of Mount Merapi in Yogyakarta on the densely populated
Indonesian island of Java, about 250 miles east of Jakarta. The name
"Merapi" loosely translates to "Mountain of Fire."

The volcano erupted hot clouds of ash at least eight times, and sent
several pyroclastic flows down its slopes, according
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to
the Indonesia's Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation. No
injuries were reported, but local officials are cautioning of more activity
to come. The volcano has erupted regularly for hundreds of years.

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