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Mt Ruapehu is an active volcano in the middle of New Zealand's North Island. This is early in the 1996 eruption when only the north west (left) snow slopes had been darkened by ash fall. There are two eruption clouds: a white steam cloud (from the boiling crater lake) and a grey dust cloud. Larger ash particles from the dust cloud are falling through the steam cloud. Ash closed the Whakapapa ski field (left of the mountain) but within days the southern, Turoa ski field was unusable too. The eruptions in 1945, 1995 and 1996 did not cause any danger to human health. The dust was a nuisance, but even asthmatics had no more attacks than usual. Ash in drinking water collected off roofs was unpleasant. Animals did not do so well, since ash on the grass made it difficult to eat. Aircraft were diverted from the ash cloud, in case their engines should fill with abrasive dust.
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Go to Start of the eruption: Gavin Ruijne and Chris McKee
Web cam from Ohakune of Mt Ruapehu (Includes latest daylight image)
Web cam of Mt Ruapehu and White Island volcanoes (Goes black at night - duh! )
(White island is active most of the time. A pink dinosaur can be seen living there now. Sometimes he is hard to see when the sun shines into the camera - I don't know why they don't use a good lens hood.)Web cams of volcanoes all around the world
Lake Nyos web cam: The carbon dioxide degassing procedure to prevent another fatal gas eruption. (Satellite update every 3 days)
The images shown here (apart from the panorama) have been published already.
Copyright reserved to the photographer: John Wattie
