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BEZYMIANNY BLOWS TO 50,000 FEET
Scientists have been growing increasingly concerned with the unusual behavior of volcanoes along Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in recent years. And this week comes a powerful uptick at Bezymianny…A spectacular explosion occurred at 08:10 local time on Saturday, May 28. The Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) Tokyo detected an plume that rose to an estimated 15.2km (50,000 ft) — given the extensive height, the eruption may be considered sub-plinian, according to volcanodiscovery.com (an unsteady but sustained eruption producing a column of between 10-20km).