This 17 June 1996 photo shows the ash plume produced during the Ruapehu eruption that extended out to around 200 km, drifting over the Pacific Ocean. Below the main plume is the ash redispersing from the deposit emplaced across a narrow swath NE of the volcano.

Photo by John A Krippner, 1996.

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