Sentence examples for columns of ash from inspiring English sources

The explosions were characterised by lava fountains, which formed columns of ash and lapilli up to 7 km a.s.l.l

Columns of ash have been shooting from more than 60 openings in the crust of the 5,450m (17,900-foot) volcano.

"Big billowing pillars, or columns, of ash and gas, hot gas, shoot up above such a volcano to huge heights, up to 30,000 feet or so," says Jon Davidson, an earth sciences professor at Durham University in the UK.

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung volcano spewed hot ash down its slopes this weekend, releasing columns of ash that reached as high as 1.2 miles into the air.

During this period, Cerro Azul sometimes erupted daily, sending columns of ash as far as 6 or 7 kilometers (about 4 mi) into the air.

Instead, they encountered explosive eruptions giving off black columns of ash, indicating that a volcanic eruption had begun to penetrate the surface of the sea.

While a huge column of ash was emitted from Calbuco, eyewitnesses said no lava or hot rocks had been observed.

Eyes narrowed, lips moving silently, he watched the game with total fixity, the cigarette between his fingers turning into a column of ash.

Indonesian authorities are searching for several hundred tourists after Mount Barujari on Lombok island spewed a massive column of ash into the atmosphere.

More threateningly, a column of ash can rise from the main crater until it cools to the point where it can no longer sustain itself, and collapses.

(Reuters) THE AMERICAS MEXICO: MOVING BACK -- Families began returning to their homes near the Popocatepetl volcano even as the peak sent up a brief column of ash and water vapor as a reminder that it is still active.