volcanic ash

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Webcams on Thursday clearly showed episodic low-level ash emissions from Pavlof Volcano, prompting the observatory to raise the volcano’s threat level from yellow, or exhibiting signs of unrest, to orange, indicating an eruption is underway with minor volcanic ash emissions.

From Seattle Times

The scene in his office reminded Frahm, in a way, of Pompeii, the city frozen in time in 79 B.C., when nearby Mount Vesuvius erupted and buried the city in volcanic ash.

From Seattle Times

The exams are extensive and include tests on navigation, winter operations, security, loss of control prevention and recovery, dangerous goods, human factors and unfavorable conditions like volcanic ash scenarios.

From New York Times

Entrepreneurs from a number of social classes thrived for centuries in the Roman city of Pompeii before Mount Vesuvius buried it in volcanic ash in 79 A.D.

From Salon

But before going back in time to fully explore this scene of desolation — a group of australopithecines squelching their way through soggy volcanic ash — he sets the scene in 2019, with a little girl and her thorn-spiked foot.

From New York Times