Manam volcano, just off the coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, released a faint plume on earlier this month. Bright white clouds hover over the volcano's summit. Clouds often collect over peaks, but these clouds could result from water vapour released by the volcano. Manam is one of Papua New Guinea's most active volcanoes, and it has occasionally caused casualties, including 13 deaths from a pyroclastic flow in December 1996, and four deaths from a mudflow in March 2007. Large eruptions in late 2004 forced the evacuation of the entire islandPhotograph: EO-1/NASA
The Guardian
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