Indonesia's Mount Bromo shoots ash in low-level eruption

[Turborama]

Source: AFP

JAKARTA — Indonesia's Mount Bromo volcano in eastern Java belched hot ash into the air in a low-level eruption.

Mount Bromo, a popular tourist attraction, began rumbling earlier this month and the government issued an alert over heightened danger levels in the area on Tuesday.

"Bromo has shot gray ash up to 700 metres (2,300 feet) into the sky this morning. It was a low-level eruption," volcanologist Agus Budianto said.

The volcano also belched ash on Friday afternoon, in which it shot ash up to 500 metres.

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No pics of the eruption yet, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bromo">Mount Bromo is the large crater in the foreground.


ETA Just found this photo of the eruption on
The Jakarta Post's website.

My wife's family live in East Java, about 10 miles from Mount Bromo...