This ash-covered newsstand on Clark Air Base holds a newspaper with the headline “Mt. Pinatubo showers Clark.” Powerful eruptions of Pinatubo volcano in June 1991 forced closure of the base.

Photo by Val Gempis, 1991 (U.S. Air Force).

This image is made available as a Public Domain Work, but proper attribution is appreciated.

Keywords: ash | ashfall | human impacts

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