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From: Eruption style transition during the 2017–2018 eruptive activity at the Shinmoedake volcano, Kirishima, Japan: surface phenomena and eruptive products

Fig. 2

Photographs of the 2017–2018 Shinmoedake eruptions. a Weak white plume generated by the first eruption (phreatic) from the eastern side of the summit crater on 11 October 2017. b Vigorous dark plume on 12 October 2017. c Stronger light gray/white plume that developed on 3 March 2018. d Lava dome starting to form on the eastern side of the summit crater on 6 March 2018 (credits: JMA). e Weakly explosive eruptions associated with lava dome growth observed in the early morning of 7 March 2018. f Intense explosion later the same morning. g Lava dome nearly overflowing from the northwestern side of the summit crater rim on 10 March 2018. h Lobe-shaped lava overflow advancing on the northwestern flank on 14 March 2018. i Intense Vulcanian explosion on 5 April 2018 (credits: JMA)

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