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Sakurajima #

Sakurajima
Image courtesy of NASA., under PD

This photograph, taken from the International Space Station, highlights one of Japans most active volcanoes. Sakurajima Mt. Sakurajima, Kagoshima, Präfektur Kagoshima, Japan began forming approximately 13,000 years ago; prior to 1914, it was an island in Kagoshima Bay.

Sakurajima became linked to the mainland by the deposition of volcanic material following a major eruption in 1914.