Fig. 2.

Photographs showing explosive events at Shinmoe-dake Volcano (Kirishima) on 26 and 27 January 2011. A: Northwesterly view of rising eruption column of subplinian event. Snowcapped volcanic cone in the left, whose northern wall is collapsed, is Karakuni-dake, and the crater filled by water in front is Ohnami-ike. Taken by Kazuo Shimousuki at 17h14m, 26 January. B: Westerly view of the summit crater. Grooves on the western outer slope (front) are the vents of the 1959 eruption, aligned east-west and providing a good marker of the direction among the photographs. Explosion occurred southwestern part in the summit crater. Taken by K. Shimousuki at 17h17m, 26 January. C: Eruption column of the first vulcanian event, taken from about 3 km south of Shinmoe-dake by S. Nakada at 15h42m, 27 January. D: Northwesterly view of eruption column of the third subplinian event. Ash overflowed from the summit crater to the northeast. Taken from Karakuni-dake by T. Nagatomo at 17h07m, 27 January.