Ash from the Shiveluch volcano fell on nearly 42,000 square miles of Russian territory after it erupted in the Kamchatka Krai region.
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One of Russia's most active volcanoes erupted early Tuesday spewing clouds of dust more than 65,000 feet into the sky. The Shiveluch volcano in the Kamchatka Krai region began erupting just after midnight, the Russian Academy of Sciences Geophysical Survey reported.
A video shared on Twitter by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs shows massive ash clouds rain down from the volcano. The footage showed the volcano in "full eruption mode," with the government account noting ash emissions had reached 12 miles high.
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All that ash will do wonders for crops…
Donald Trump made that volcano explode, didn’t he, USA Today?
Why this guy is trying to swim?
Why couldn’t that happen in Moscow 😊
Looks like snow ❄️
U melt the snow under the ash an make cement off it