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    • Tongariro ash cloud spreads over North Island

    Tongariro ash cloud spreads over North Island

    Ash cloud over New Zealand 40 minutes after Mt. Tongariro erupts. The colour-scale (predominantly grey-scale) is temperature. Cold temperatures are bright and warm temperatures are dark.

    Photo by NIWA/NOAA Aug 7, 2012

    Tongariro ash cloud spreads over North Island

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